News

February 2014

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   Youth employment in Latin America

   Unemployment and informality beset Latin American youth

   13 February 2014

   Latin America’s 108 million young people face chronic problems when seeking a job at the start of their working lives. A new ILO study calls calls for the implementation of innovative and effective policies to counter this situation which causes discouragement and frustration.

January 2014

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   African Youth Forum

   ILO calls for bold political action to promote youth employment in Africa

   29 January 2014

   From Cairo to Cape Town, youth employment is one of the most pressing policy issues in Africa calling for a bold political response and a global methodology, stressed the ILO at a Youth Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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   Global Employment Trends 2014

   Working poverty reduction stalled

   21 January 2014

   Working poverty dropped drastically over a decade, but progress stalled in 2013. Achieving further improvements requires moving workers out of informal, vulnerable work and ensuring they enjoy decent working conditions, according to the ILO’s Global Employment Trends 2014.

December 2013

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   Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) 2013

   Long-term unemployment, the new challenge for many countries

   11 December 2013

   Job seekers are finding it increasingly difficult to secure a new job within six months or less, according to the new edition of the ILO's “Key Indicators of the Labour Market”.

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   First W4Y Regional Meeting

   Decent jobs for youth should be at the top of African Development agenda, says ILO

   03 December 2013

   Informality and vulnerable employment remain the reality for the vast majority of young workers in the region, says a new ILO report prepared for the Work4Youth Regional Conference that is taking place this week in Addis Ababa.

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   News item

   ILO report calls for job-centred growth policies in Kenya

   02 December 2013

   Kenya needs to adopt a coherent national employment strategy to achieve a more equitable economic growth, says the ILO.

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   Social Protection

   Palestinian Authority to adopt private sector social security scheme by 2015

   02 December 2013

   The National Social Security Committee has unveiled a proposed social security scheme covering pensions, and maternity and employment injury benefits to be financed by both employers and workers

November 2013

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   Philippines

   ILO: Service sector severely affected by typhoon Haiyan

   28 November 2013

   Half of the workers affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan were working in the service sector, said the International Labour Organization (ILO).

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   Child labour

   Lebanon pledges to end the worst forms of child labour by 2016

   07 November 2013

   Lebanese President Michel Suleiman announces the launch of a national action plan to eliminate child labour in its worst forms within three years.

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   More and better jobs

   Labour standards increasingly included in bilateral and regional free trade agreements

   07 November 2013

   A new ILO report shows free trade agreements with measures relating to labour standards are on the rise and recommends measures to improve their effectiveness.