News and articles
2016
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Fair recruitment
ILO to launch new Fair Recruitment project in the Philippines
27 July 2016, Manila, Philippines
The ILO will launch a new project on Fair Recruitment in the Philippines. The 2-year project aims to establish fair recruitment corridors to prevent exploitation of migrant workers, to provide migrant workers with access to reliable information and services, and to share global and national knowledge about recruitment and engagement with the media.
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News
ILO provides technical assistance to the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Cyclone Winston Fiji 2016
26 July 2016,
The ILO has provided technical assistance for the chapter on Employment, Livelihoods and Social Protection (ELSP) as part of the Post Disaster Needs Assessment - Cyclone Winston Fiji
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News
Lok Sabha passes bill prohibiting employment of any child below the age of 14
25 July 2016,
'The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill' makes employment of children below 14 years as cognizable offence for employers and provides for penalty for parents.
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Beijing meeting
ILO Director-General calls for labour market policies supporting both demand and recovery
22 July 2016,
At a meeting hosted by the Chinese Prime Minister with the heads of several international organizations, Guy Ryder highlighted the need to boost labour incomes and household consumption.
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News
Career teachers equipped to guide students
18 July 2016,
The International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Guadalcanal Provincial Government train high school teachers on career counseling
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News
Interview with ILO Director-General: India’s success vital for End of Poverty initiative to succeed
12 July 2016,
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, who was on a five-day visit to India, predicts that despite the government redoubling its manufacturing push, the sector in India is unlikely to end up on the lines of the Chinese one. An interview with Indian Express Newspaper.
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Decent work
Guy Ryder, Director-General ILO, meets Honourable Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Bandaru Dattatreya
07 July 2016,
ILO and the Ministry of Labour and Employment discuss India’s increasingly critical role in the global economy and what the future of work looks like from an Indian perspective.
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Future of work
Technology transforming industries critical for growth and jobs in ASEAN
07 July 2016,
A new study by the International Labour Organization’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities shows that the robot age is already a reality in ASEAN countries. More than 60 per cent of enterprises surveyed in the region see new technologies as a positive for increasing sales, labour productivity and employment of highly skilled workers.
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Decent work
Tomoko Nishimoto, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director Asia and Pacific ILO, meets with the domestic workers community at Rangpuri Pahari
06 July 2016,
Women domestic workers share their personal experiences with Nishimoto and talk about bringing a change.
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Decent work
Guy Ryder, Director-General ILO, visits the Domestic Workers Sector Skills Council at Prayas
06 July 2016,
The DG speaks about the shared vision of achieving rights and protection of domestic workers with the Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council and partners.