Employing Workers

Doing Business measures the regulation of employment, specifically as it affects the hiring and redundancy of workers and the rigidity of working hours. Since 2009 the World Bank Group has been working with a consultative group—including labor lawyers, employer and employee representatives, and experts from the ILO, the OECD, civil society and the private sector—to review the employing workers methodology and explore future areas of research. The consultative group completed its work this year, and its guidance has provided the basis for several changes in methodology. Read the full report of the consultative group. 

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