ILO is a specialized agency of the United Nations
- Child Labour
- Decent work
- Domestic workers
- Economic and social development
- Employment promotion
- Employment security
- Equality and discrimination
- Forced labour
- Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
- Green jobs
- HIV/AIDS
- Labour administration and inspection
- Labour law
- Labour migration
- Millennium Development Goals
- The Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Safety and health at work
- Skills, knowledge and employability
- Social protection
- Tripartism and social dialogue
- Working conditions
- Youth employment
Labour law
The adoption of labour laws and regulations is an important means of implementing ILO standards, promoting the ILO Declaration and the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and putting the concept of Decent Work into practice. Under the ILO Constitution, the Office is committed to offering technical cooperation and advisory services to member States and to assist them in assessing and, where necessary, framing or revising their labour laws. This includes assistance in the development of national laws and regulations to allow ratification of Conventions or implementation of the corresponding principles.
Key resources
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NORMLEX - Database on International Labour Standards
Open access to the latest information on ILO international labour standards as well as national labour and social security laws.
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NATLEX - database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation
Abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, indexed by keywords and by subject classifications.
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EPLex - Employment protection legislation database
Information on the employment termination laws of some 85 countries, broken down to cover more than 50 variables addressing all the key topics.
Events
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Course"Identifying and investigating cases of forced labour and trafficking"
15 - 19 April 2013, ILO International Training Centre Turin, Italy
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Global Dialogue Forum for the Promotion of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No.188)
15 - 17 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
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Meeting of Experts to Adopt Guidelines on the Training of Ships’ Cooks
23 - 27 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland