Labour standards

What's new

1. 

   Equal Pay - An introductory guide

   24 June 2013

   Ensuring that the work done by women and men is valued fairly and ending pay discrimination is essential to achieving gender equality. However, pay inequality continues to persist and gender pay gaps in some instances have stagnated or even increased.

2. 369th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association

   21 June 2013

3. 368th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association

   21 June 2013

4. 

   South Africa ratifies four international labour Conventions

   21 June 2013

   The Government of the Republic of South Africa deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of four international labour Conventions, the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No.81), the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189).

5. 2013 Report of the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards

   20 June 2013

   International Labour Conference, 102nd Session, Geneva, 2013

6. 

   Barbados ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

   20 June 2013

   Barbados is the 38th ILO Member State, and the fifth State from the Caribbean region – after Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – to have ratified the landmark Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

7. 

   Nigeria ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

   19 June 2013

   On 18 June 2013, the Government of Nigeria deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). Nigeria is the 37th ILO Member State and the fifth State from the African region – after Benin, Liberia, Morocco and Togo – to have ratified the landmark Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

8. 

   Paraguay ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention

   09 May 2013

   On 7 May 2013, the Government of Paraguay deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189). Paraguay is the seventh ILO member State and the third Latin American member State to ratify this instrument which, in accordance with its Article 21, paragraph 2 of the Convention, will enter into force on 5 September 2013, twelve months after the date on which it was ratified by two ILO member States.

9. 

   Bolivia ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention

   18 April 2013

   Bolivia is the sixth ILO member State and the second Latin American member State to ratify this instrument

10. 

    Information document on ratifications and standards-related activities

    28 March 2013

    The Information document on ratifications and standards-related activities (Report III (Part 2)) provides an overview of developments in international labour standards during 2012. It supplements the information contained in the report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III) (Part 1A).