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December 2011

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   Video

   Video: The ILO's Global Business and Disability Network

   02 December 2011

   Companies all over the world increasingly recognize that a diverse workforce is valuable: good for business and good for employees. Employers want to find the best talent, create a positive workplace and contribute to the communities in which they operate. Recruiting people with disabilities into the workplace and retaining those who become disabled while employed can help companies reach these goals. They are doing that with the help of the ILO’s Global Business and Disability Network.

December 2010

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   ILO launches new web-based information and assistance service for business: ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards

   09 December 2010

   Building on the success of the ILO Helpdesk confidential assistance service established in March 2009 to help companies implement principles of international labour standards in business operations, the International Labour Office (ILO) has now launched a web-based information service component drawing on all sectors of the ILO. News item, 9 December 2010

June 2010

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   Article

   A policy framework for better managing business and human rights challenges

   07 June 2010

   One of the main goals of the UN Framework "Protect, Respect and Remedy" is to identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for business enterprises with regard to human rights. Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on business and human rights, shared insights on the current phase and further steps towards operationalizing and promoting this framework with participants of the 99th ILC. ILO Online spoke with Mr. Ruggie about design and development of the UN Policy Framework and its relationship to ILO’s work.

July 2007

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   Article

   When global leaders discuss business and labour principles - Global Compact Leaders Summit 2007

   09 July 2007

   What are the benefits and challenges of implementing labour principles in supply chains? What support from the ILO or the Global Compact would be useful for implementing such principles? These and other questions were the gist of the discussion on labour during the Global Compact Leaders’ Summit here. ILO on-line reports.

May 2006

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   Dutch government supports Decent Work Country Programmes

   30 May 2006

   The Government of the Netherlands will provide 38.5 million dollars to support the launch of the ILO Decent Work Country Programme strategy over the next four years.