23 February 2012
The meeting was the follow up of the signing of agreement between the Social Security Organization of Malaysia (SOCSO) and the International Labor Organization to cooperate in the implementation of a project entitled "Facilitating and supporting the design of an unemployment insurance system in Malaysia".
08 February 2012
JAKARTA (ILO News): The International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the four trade union confederations (KSPSI Pasar Minggu, KSPSI Kalibata, KSBSI and KSPI) will release a new survey titled “Workers’ Perception on the Factors Supporting Sustainable Enterprises in Indonesia” on Thursday, 9 February 2012, at Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jakarta.
13 October 2011
The ILO has provided strong technical support to many countries to develop their respective human resource and employment policies. A high level discussion of the findings of the ten thematic working groups and technical consultations in preparing background documents on the National Human Resources and Employment Policy.
25 August 2011
The Lao Federation of Trade Unions (LFTU) and the TRIANGLE Project organized a workshop to draft an LFTU Migration Policy and Action Plan. The workshop was attended by LFTU officials from the central level, including President Khamla Lorlonsy, and from seven provinces that border with Thailand. In addition, officials from relevant line ministries and a representative from the Thai trade unions attended the workshop. The action plan will guide the TRIANGLE Projects work with the LFTU for the coming years.
24 August 2011
The seminar will focus on sharing international experiences on collective bargaining, particularly at industrial or sectoral levels. It aims to increase the cooperation between ACFTU, ITUC and ACTRAV. It is aimed at helping the ACFTU in promoting industrial or sectoral collective bargaining in China.
09 August 2011
The Memorandum of Understanding on the ILO TRIANGLE Project was signed by Mr Wang Jiyuan, ILO Country Office Director for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao PDR, and Mr Phouvanh Chanthavong, Director General of the Department of Skills Development and Employment signed on behalf of the MOLSW. It was witnessed by Mr Laoly Faipengyoa, Vice Minister. The MOU sets out the framework under which the TRIANGLE project will be implemented. In August, migrant worker resource centres supported by the project will be established in collaboration with MOLSW in Champasack and Xaiyaboury and with LFTU in Savannakhet. A number of other activities will be carried out in line with the workplan already signed by the Minister.
24 June 2011
Representatives of major companies in the electronic industry, trade unions, employers’ organizations and the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration discussed the importance of social dialogue between employers and workers to improve the productivity and efficiency of the electronics industry in Indonesia in Bogor, West Java, from 21 – 23 June.
29 April 2011
ILO News: A tripartite delegation from Papua New Guinea (PNG) has travelled to Australia to study that country’s industrial relations institutions in advance of an anticipated enactment of a Bill to reform PNG’s industrial relations laws.
27 January 2011
The ILO is partnering with the Technical Unit of the Supreme Court Training Centre to revise the current training programme. A competency-based training curriculum for newly appointed career and ad hoc judges will be developed under this partnership.
25 January 2011
The ILO is partnering with the Technical Unit of the Supreme Court Training Centre to revise the current training programme. A competency-based training curriculum for newly appointed career and ad hoc judges will be developed under this partnership. An advanced training programme shall also be developed to provide ongoing education to serving judges in the industrial relations court.