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Jordan reviews pay equity legislation
Members of the Jordanian Parliament and other key stakeholders consider pay equity amendments to Jordan’s labour law.
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Small and medium enterprises from Lebanon improve productivity and working conditions
Work Improvement in Small Enterprises training is administered to empower managers to alter the physical organization of the workplace and work processes to improve health, safety and productivity.
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Ryder: Global employment pressured by weak economic recovery
28 October 2013
ILO Director-General points to growing awareness of the importance of employment-centred strategies to strengthen the recovery.
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Jordanian officials receive training to combat human trafficking and forced labour
The two-day training workshop looks at ways labour inspectors and police officers can effectively combat forced labour and human trafficking in Jordan.
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Jordan labour inspectors complete modern labour inspection training
Labour inspectors in Jordan will train other civil servants in international labour inspection standards related to child labour, migrant workers, forced labour, gender as well as occupational health and safety.
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ILO Governing Body reviews progress on the situation of domestic workers worldwide
25 October 2013
The organization’s executive body discusses the measures that countries have adopted since the adoption of the ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention, as well as the steps that are needed to achieve decent working conditions for the world’s 53 million domestic workers.
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Apparel manufacturer joins ILO child labour project in the Jordanian garment sector
24 October 2013
Sterling Apparel Manufacturing has joined a programme of the International Labour Organization and the International Organization of Employers in Jordan to guide companies in tackling child labour
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Jordan’s Ministry of Health inspectors to mull role in national plan to combat child labour
Health ministry inspectors participate in an ILO workshop to examine how they can contribute to Jordan’s National Framework to Combat Child Labour.
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Arab States labour inspectors meet to improve inspection practices related to gender discrimination
Labour inspectors from Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and the occupied Palestinian territory will incorporate their recommendations of a draft ILO-guidebook on labour inspection and gender-based discrimination.
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Lebanon builds partnerships to combat child labour through Corporate Social Responsibility
Local and international firms will be encouraged to practice longer-term engagement in the fight against child labour in Lebanon.