News and articles
2023
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Workplace cooperation and industrial relations
Free advisory package offers electronic factories in Viet Nam support in improving workplace cooperation and industrial relations
27 March 2023, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Registration for the Programme opens until 10 April 2023.
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Labour market insights from the Asia-Pacific Employment Social Outlook 2022
Why the unemployment rate is a weak metric of decent work in Asia and the Pacific
24 March 2023, Bangkok, Thailand
The unemployment rate is widely used internationally to assess the performance of a country’s labour market. However, it is a considerably less useful indicator in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Labour standards
Promoting improved compliance with labour standards on fishing vessels in Fiji waters
23 March 2023, Suva, Fiji
The strategic compliance planning workshop was the first ever in the Pacific fishing industry.
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Informal economy
Employment, informality and social protection in the Solomon Islands
23 March 2023, Honiara, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands’ first National Employment Policy is currently under development.
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News
ILO promotes a greater investment in care leaves and services for a more Indonesia’s gender equal world of work
22 March 2023, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
The ILO organizes a two-day capacity building workshop for its social partners to scale-up and accelerate progresses in Indonesia’s investment in care.
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Enterprise formalization
Promoting enterprise formalization in Malaysia through community-based training for local MSMEs
21 March 2023, Bangkok, Thailand
The ILO initiated workshops for MSMEs in Sarawak Province, Malaysia in collaboration with the Kuching South City Council using ILO's Community Based Enterprise Development (C-BED) training tools.
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Press release
Young Malaysians see how TVET leads to good jobs in Malaysia’s food processing industry
20 March 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A new campaign launched by ILO and Standard Chartered Foundation encourages young Malaysians to enter Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) education.
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Press release
ILO-Canada and the Government of Bangladesh start ProGRESS project to build the foundation for an inclusive skills system
19 March 2023,
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News
Strengthening the capacity of Manpower Ministry’s Development Centre of Human Resources to be more adaptive with emerging industrial relations issues
16 March 2023, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
As requested by the Ministry of Manpower, the ILO provides a two-day training session on industrial relations to strengthen the capacity of the Manpower Ministry’s Development Centre of Human Resources to be more adaptive with the fast changing world of work and emerging industrial relations issues.
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A just transition
Trade unions support efforts to green Viet Nam’s chemical and pharmaceutical industry
15 March 2023, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Trade union members learn new skills to support a Just Transition in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.