I-news

2008 

• Flexicurity for decent work: A labour market policy approach - [pdf 246 KB]
  05 June 2008 - The search for a better combination of flexibility and security regarding employment, income and social protection is a major challenge within the European Union. Denmark has been a pioneer in implementing a system of “flexicurity” in its labour market. ...
• Labour Organization Journalistic Prize awarded to Misako Hida for her article on "death from overwork"
  04 June 2008 - Dying from overwork in ‘the Land of Karoshi’: The article that won the first International Labour Organization Journalistic Prize.
• ILO Asia-Pacific meeting on extending social security opens
  19 May 2008 - The lack of a social security floor, and the social stability it can bring, puts at risk sustainable economic growth and development in Asia-Pacific and may compromise the positive effects of globalization, according to a new assessment by the International Labour Organization (ILO)
• ILO launches new grant scheme to promote cooperatives in Africa - Calls for proposals
  16 May 2008 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) today announced the launch of a new grant scheme through the Cooperative Facility for Africa programme.
• ILO says Caribbean rising to the challenge of HIV and AIDS in the world of work
  15 May 2008 - New programmes designed to step up action against HIV/AIDS in the workplace are becoming increasingly common in the Caribbean, according to a new ILO report citing recent developments in Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago
• Asia-Pacific Countries to discuss extending social security coverage
  14 May 2008 - The International Labour Organization in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, is hosting a high level tripartite Asia-Pacific meeting on Socially-Inclusive Strategies to Extend Social Security Coverage, in New Delhi. ...
• Launch of a new UN System-wide workplace programme on HIV
  09 May 2008 - HIV is having a serious impact not just on our work, but also in our workplace. Absences, illnesses and deaths due to HIV and AIDS have profound implications for staff, their families, and for the UN. Even in countries where HIV is less visible, the UN has an obligation to act. ...
  • UN Cares website
• Juan Somavia highlights ASEAN charter as foundation for helping "Marginalized Majority"
  08 May 2008 - In an address to the 20th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Labour Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok, the Director-General of the ILO, highlighted the ASEAN Charter signed late last year as a “fundamental political commitment” to honour “the dignity of work and respond to the legitimate aspirations of people and families for a better life.”
  • Address by Juan Somavia to the 20th ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok - 8 May 2008
• ILO Director-General calls for strong support for social dialogue in Africa
  24 April 2008 - In an address at the headquarters of the African Union, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr. Juan Somavia, called for a stronger commitment to reinforce “African tripartism” and social dialogue throughout the continent.
• ILO and US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health agree to cooperate on expanding safety and health at work
  23 April 2008 - The Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork) of the International Labour Office (ILO) and the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today signed an agreement aimed at expanding safety and health in the workplace.