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ASEAN Faces Challenges to Ensure Sustainable Growth, Says New ILO Report

JAKARTA (ILO News): To ensure sustainable growth and build a thriving community by 2015, Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)*) must increase labour productivity and narrow development gaps between members, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO)..... >> more

*) Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

New ILO Global Report on Equality at Work 2007:
Workplace discrimination persists and is taking on new forms

JAKARTA (ILO News): Despite major advances in fighting discrimination at work, mounting inequalities in income and opportunities and significant and persistent forms of workplace discrimination are causing growing concern, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) published recently..... >> more

ILO Photo Exhibition: “A Portrait of the World of Work in Indonesia”

JAKARTA (ILO News): In conjunction with the commemoration of Labour Day on May 1st, the ILO is launching a photo exhibition titled “A Portrait of the World of Work in Indonesia” on Tuesday, 1 May 2007, at QB World Art Gallery, Kemang, Jakarta. The exhibition will be opened by ILO Country Director in Indonesia, Alan Boulton..... >> more

Combating Child Labour and Improving Occupational Safety and Health for Young Workers

JAKARTA (ILO News): Many small workshops have problems of low productivity, poor product quality, and marketing and finance barriers. The problems that limit business success often result from the same difficulties that make work hazardous for young people. All businesses can make positive changes that can easily lead to better product quality, improved working conditions, and a more competitive workshop..... >> more

The World Day for Safety and Health at Work:
Creating Safe and Healthy Workplaces

JAKARTA (ILO News): Worldwide approximately 6,000 workers lose their lives every day of the year as a result of work-related accidents, injuries, or diseases. It is estimated that about 2.2 million people worldwide die every year from work-related accidents and diseases. Annually, 270 million others suffer serious injuries and 160 million endure short or long term illness related to their work..... >> more

ASEAN and ILO to cooperate in addressing labour and employment issues

JAKARTA (ILO News): The Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the International Labour Office (ILO) signed a Cooperation Agreement yesterday to strengthen their collaboration and partnership. ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong and ILO Director-General Juan Somavia signed the Agreement in Geneva, Switzerland. The Agreement signals the commitment of both organizations to address labour and employment issues in the ASEAN region and promote social progress..... >> more

GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS FOR WOMEN 2007:
ILO study warns on the feminization of working poverty

GENEVA (ILO News): More women then ever before are in work, but a persistent gap in status, job security, wages and education between women and men is contributing to the “feminization of working poverty”, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) issued for International Women’s Day..... >> more

International Women’s Day: Protecting Women Migrant Workers against HIV/AIDS

JAKARTA (ILO News): At least 1.4 million Indonesians, or 450,000 people per year, went overseas for employment over the past three years. Seventy-five percent of these are women. Labour migration has many benefits. It offers the prospect of employment for many Indonesians who would have little chance of finding jobs at home and helps to relieve unemployment problems in Indonesia..... >> more

ILO, UNDP join forces to promote growth for decent jobs

GENEVA (ILO News): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have agreed to strengthen their collaboration and partnership in a major new effort to bolster UN actions designed to reduce poverty and create more decent work..... >> more

Jakarta administration and main stakeholders hold dialogue on Future Actions to
Eliminate Child Labour in Jakarta

JAKARTA (Joint Press Release): With a total population of more than 10 million people, Jakarta Special Province has a large informal sector to meet the needs of its residents—ranging from consumptive goods, parking services and transportation to a variety of entertainment services, such as massage. The unregulated nature of the informal sector as well as its size in Jakarta have opened the door for involvement of children, not only from Jakarta but also migrants from other provinces.....  >> more

Brunei becomes 180^th ILO Member State

JAKARTA (ILO News): Brunei Darussalam has become the 180^th Member State of the International Labour Organization (ILO) following receipt in Geneva of a letter from Mr. Pehin Dato Adanan Yusof, Minister of Home Affairs, stating on behalf of the Government that Brunei formally accepts the obligations of the ILO Constitution. ... >> more

Global Employment Trends 2007
Global Unemployment Remains at Historic High despite Strong Economic Growth
Modest Gains in Reducing Working Poverty

GENEVA (ILO News): The number of people unemployed worldwide remained at an historical high in 2006 despite strong global economic growth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends released today.....>> more

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95^th International Labour Conference
World needs 430 million new jobs by 2015

GENEVA (ILO News): More than 400 million new jobs will be required over the next decade to keep pace with growth of the labour force, mostly in the developing countries, through policies replacing jobless growth with “job-rich” growth, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization Juan Somavia told the ILO’s annual labour conference here today.....>> more

Tripartite Forum to Examine Outsourcing Mechanism and System in Indonesia

JAKARTA (ILO News): Economic globalization and technical innovation are now exposing enterprises, which used to be sheltered by national borders and institutions, to harsh competitive pressures. The labor market must then be adapted to new realities. As a result, some changes are being introduced into labor markets worldwide.....>> more

New ILO Report Shows Marked Decline in Child Labour Worldwide
Believes its worst forms can be eliminated in 10 years

GENEVA (ILO News): Child labour, especially in its worst forms, is in decline for the first time across the globe, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said today, in a new, cautiously optimistic report ^1/ entitled “The end of child labour: Within reach”.....>> more

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2006
New Focus on HIV/AIDS Pandemic

GENEVA (ILO News) – On Friday 28 April, government, worker and employer representatives will observe World Day for Safety and Health with over 100 events worldwide – from the Caucasus to the Caribbean, from Armenia to Addis Ababa. The special theme of this year’s observance calls attention to HIV/AIDS as an occupational safety and health issue.....>> more

Tripartite Forum to Examine Minimum Wage Fixing System in Indonesia

JAKARTA (ILO News): Minimum wage has always been a difficult, complex and controversial question particularly in developing countries. Minimum wage can be too high for many employers and economic planners; while, it may be considered too low by most workers, trade unions and social activists. This may be the result of the actors looking at the question from different perspectives or based entirely on what are considered to be their divergent interests.....>> more

ILO to Hold Series of HIV/AIDS Trainings in Eastern Part of Indonesia

JAKARTA (ILO News): The International Labour Organization (ILO) will hold a series of trainings on HIV/AIDS prevention in the world of work in Makassar from 17-18 April, in Menado from 20-21 April, and in Pontianak from 27-28 April. These provinces are specifically targeted due to their high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The workshops are part of the ILO’s HIV/AIDS programme to support the HIV acceleration programme in 100 districts/cities throughout Indonesia under the National AIDS Commission.....>> more

Improving Industrial Relations through Good Faith Bargaining

JAKARTA (ILO News): Key officials representing government, employers and trade unions will meet at J.W. Marriott Hotel, Jakarta, Tuesday (7/2), to look at ways of promoting effective good faith negotiations and collective bargaining in line with the Manpower Act No. 13/2003 and, the newly implemented, Industrial Dispute Settlement Act No. 2/2004.....>> more

Teachers Consider Steps to Tackle Child Labour

ILO Annual Jobs Report:
Global Unemployment Continues to Grow, Youth Now Make up Half Those out of Work

GENEVA (ILO News) – The number of people unemployed worldwide climbed to new heights in 2005, as robust economic growth failed to offset an increase in people seeking work – especially among the vast and growing legion of jobless youth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends ^1/ released today.....>> more

Tuesday, 24 January 2006

School Children Alerted to Dangers of Trafficking

JAKARTA (ILO News): The International Labour Organisation (ILO), through its programme on prevention of child labour, and the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) are to launch a new programme aimed at alerting school children to the dangers of trafficking. The programme will be launched in Sukabumi, West Java, on Thursday, 26 January 2006. Sukabumi is recognized as one of the sending areas for children who are trafficked for labour exploitation.....>> more

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Globalization failing to create new, quality jobs or reduce poverty:
ILO report sees wide gaps in wages, productivity gains

GENEVA (ILO News) – Global economic growth is increasingly failing to translate into new and better jobs that lead to a reduction in poverty, according to a new report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) here today. In the report, the ILO points out that within this global trend, different regions show mixed results in terms of job creation, productivity results, wage improvements and poverty reduction..... >> more

Launched, Manpower Ministerial Guidelines on Equal Employment Opportunity in Indonesia

JAKARTA (ILO News): Although more and more Indonesian women are working outside the home in recent years, most labour market indicators reveal a bias against women. According to 2004 National Labour Force Survey, only 49.2 % of women are classified as participating in labour force, compared with 86.0 % men. The gap is also reflected in the percentage of work hours, where more men (74.9 %) work full time than women (54.6 %)..... >> more

ILO-Polri Train Police Officers on Industrial Relations in Seven Provinces

JAKARTA (ILO News): The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) have since 2003 trained a total of 739 police officers on fundamental principles and rights at work and the role of police in handling workers’ strikes/demonstrations and company lock outs. The training was organized in North Sumatra, Greater Jakarta area, Central Java, West Java, East Java, DI Yogyakarta, Riau Islands, South Sulawesi and East Kalimantan..... >> more

Poor workplace nutrition hits workers’ health and productivity, says new ILO report

GENEVA (ILO News): Poor diet on the job is costing countries around the world up to 20 per cent in lost productivity, either due to malnutrition that plagues some one billion people in developing countries or the excess weight and obesity afflicting an equal number mostly in industrialized economies, says a new study by the International Labour Office (ILO)...... >> more

East Java to Combat HIV/AIDS through Workplace Education Programmes

SURABAYA (ILO News): The HIV/AIDS epidemic has become a global crisis affecting all levels of society. It is also a major threat to the world of work. Globally, nine of every ten people living with HIV/AIDS are adults in their productive prime, the mainstays of families and communities. HIV/AIDS, according to an ILO study in 2004, can become the single biggest cause of mortality in the world of work: 48 million workers will be dead by 2010 and 74 million by 2015..... >> more

New ILO Report Finds Mixed Progress towards Millennium Development Goals in Asia Pacific

BANGKOK (ILO News): Despite encouraging progress in cutting poverty and improving the working lives of people in Asia under the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), unemployment reached a new record high in the region while jobs growth remained “disappointing”, says a new report from the International Labour Office (ILO) issued here today..... >> more

ILO to Hold Training on the Protection of Fundamental Rights

JAKARTA (ILO News): Members of the Committee for Application of The National Plan of Action on Human Rights from seven provinces will meet in Jakarta, commencing on Tuesday (13/9), to look at ways of promoting the protection and upholding of fundamental rights in Indonesia. It is part of the efforts to effectively implement the National Action Plan on Human Rights (RANHAM) 2004–2009, which was enacted through the Presidential Decree No. 40/2004..... >> more

Supporting Reconstruction Process, Provincial Government and ILO hold Rural Infrastructure Clinic in Banda Aceh

BANDA ACEH (Joint Press Release): To support the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) Province, the Provincial Government of NAD in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) will hold a Rural Infrastructure Clinic, at Aula Dinas Prasarana Wilayah, Banda Aceh, from 10 – 12 September 2005. The Clinic is expected to be opened by the Acting Governor of NAD, Ir. H. Azwar Abubakar..... >> more

Japanese Government contributes to the work of the ILO on indigenous peoples

JAKARTA (ILO News): The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations (UN) have signed an agreement to promote human security and reducing poverty among indigenous peoples in Papua, Indonesia. The Government of Japan will provide US$1,537,965 to the Project through the UN Trust Fund for Human Security. The Project was prepared in close consultation with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). The Project will also work closely with the State Ministry for the Acceleration of Eastern Indonesia and other local organizations..... >> more

Indonesian Plantation Workers Still Face Lack of Labour Rights

MEDAN (ILO News): Half of the world’s workers are found in agriculture, including plantations. In Indonesia, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistic in 2002, about 43.3 percent, accounting for 40 million workers, are found in agricultural, plantation and forestry sectors. Moreover, plantation workers can be found in large-scale, capital and labour intensive, industrial agricultural enterprises in Indonesia, such as rubber, coffee, tea, palm oil, and tobacco plantations..... >> more

Indonesia to Improve Labour Dispute Settlement

JAKARTA (ILO News): Key labour and ad hoc judges from Indonesia and Timor Leste will meet in Jakarta, commencing on Tuesday (23/8), to look at ways of promoting effective settlement and resolution of labour disputes. It is line with the Act No. 2 of 2004 on Industrial Dispute Settlement which will take effect in 2006...... >> more

ILO and Education Office to Develop Remedial Programme for National Examinations Phase II

BANDA ACEH (ILO News): Thousands of junior and senior high school students in the Province of Provinsi Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) failed the national exams phase I conducted last June. It is reported that around 24,381 junior high school children had failed. Devastated school buildings, lack of educational facilities and of teaching personnel have been pointed as a cause of the bad results in the national exams in the Province..... >> more

National Children’s Day: Call for children’s right to education instead of child labour

SAMARINDA (ILO News): To mark the National Children’s Day on 23 July, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with its partners in six provinces (DKI Jakarta, East Java, West Java, North Sumatra, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and East Kalimantan) will be organising activities to increase awareness of the need to tackle child labour and to improve the level of participation in education. These series of events are to highlight national efforts against child labour, particularly its worst forms..... >> more

National Children’s Day: Call for children’s right to education instead of child labour

BOGOR (ILO News): To mark the National Children’s Day on 23 July, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with its partners in six provinces (DKI Jakarta, East Jakarta, West Java, North Sumatra, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and East Kalimantan) will be organising activities to increase awareness of the need to tackle child labour and to improve the level of participation in education. These series of events are to highlight national efforts against child labour, particularly its worst forms..... >> more

National Children’s Day: Call for children’s right to education instead of child labour

JAKARTA (Joint Press Release): To mark the National Children’s Day, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with its partners in six provinces will be organising activities to increase awareness of the need to tackle child labour and to improve the level of participation in education. These series of events are to highlight national efforts against child labour, particularly its worst forms..... >> more

Indonesia—ILO to Combat Child Labour through Education

Rebuilding Livelihoods in Aceh through Microfinance

BANDA ACEH (Joint Press Release): The natural disaster that struck Aceh on 26 December 2004 caused the loss of many lives, displaced families and destroyed jobs as well as source of the livelihood of over 600,000 people. If not addressed adequately, this loss of employment and income will result in many people having to face hunger and poverty..... >> more

Bogor Provincial Government to tackle child labour by improving education

BOGOR (ILO News): In an effort to find ways of tackling child labour by improving access to education, key representatives of governments and other stakeholders will participate in a workshop, <name of the workshop>, in Bogor, West Java, on Tuesday, 14 June.  The workshop is organized by the Provincial Development Planning Board (Bappeda) in collaboration with the IILO through its International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour.....>> more

World Day against Child Labour focuses on Children in Mining
East Kalimantan in spotlight

SAMARINDA (ILO News): The plight of children who work in mines and quarries will be the focus of the fourth World Day against Child Labour on 12 June 2005. Traditional gold mining sites in East Kalimantan are known to make use of children in mining, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) is also drawing attention to their situation..... >> more

New ILO Study Looks at Public Attitudes to Child Labour and Education

JAKARTA (ILO News): To mark the World Day against Child Labour, on Monday, 13 June 2005 the ILO will release the findings of new survey which provides important new data on attitudes to child labour and education. The ILO launched the World Day in June 2002 as a means of raising the visibility of the problem and highlighting the global movement to eliminate child labour, particularly its worst forms......>> more

GENEVA (ILO news): Despite a new climate of dialogue among Israelis and Palestinians, conditions of life for workers and their families in the occupied Arab territories continue to be extremely hard, according to a report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) */..... >> more

ILO Releases Major New Study on Forced Labour
Says More Than 12 Million are Trapped in Forced Labour Worldwide

JAKARTA (ILO News): At least 12.3 million people are trapped in forced labour around the world, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a new study released today. ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called forced labour “a social evil which has no place in the modern world”..... >> more

Head of Aceh Utara District to Launch Employment Service in Lhok Seumawe

LHOK SEUMAWE (ILO):  The Head of Aceh Utara District, H.E. Tarmizi A. Karim, will officially open the Employment Service for the People of Aceh Utara District (ESPAU) on Wednesday, 4 May 2005, at Manpower Office in Lhok Seuwame. The ESPAU will begin soon..... >> more

Police Launch Polri Guidelines on Handling Labour Disputes

JAKARTA (ILO News): To enhance police capacity and understanding in handling industrial disputes, the Indonesian National Police (Polri), in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), will launch the new Guidelines on the Conduct of Indonesian National Police in Handling Law and Order in Industrial Disputes on Tuesday, 19 April, at Ruang Rapat Utama (Ruppatama), the Police Headquarters, in Jakarta..... >> more

Eleven Countries Join the ILO to Review Progress towards Decent Work

MANILA (ILO News): The International Labour Organization (ILO) will bring together 11 countries at the 2nd South-East Asia and the Pacific Subregional Tripartite Forum on Decent Work which will be held from 5-8 April 2005 in Melbourne, Australia..... >> more

Manpower Minister to Launch Employment Service in Banda Aceh

BANDA ACEH (Joint Press Release):  The Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, H.E. Fahmi Idris, will officially open the Employment Service for the People of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province (ESPNAD) on Monday, 21 March 2005, in Banda Aceh. Located at the Vocational Training Centre of Banda Aceh (BLK), the ESPNAD was jointly set up by the ILO and the Government of Indonesia and began operating on 7 February. The press conference with the Manpower Minister will be held at 14.00 at the BLK Banda Aceh.....>> more

New Programme Develops Skills of Acehnese Children and Prevents Child Exploitation

BANDA ACEH (Joint Press Release): Children between the ages of 15-17 and living in the camps for displaced persons in the Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) will be the target of new training programmes being launched in Banda Aceh on Monday, March 14..... >> more

Friday, 18 February 2005

ILO and Disnaker Emergency Employment Service in Banda Aceh Registers and Places Jobs for Thousands

BANDA ACEH (Joint Press Release):  The Provincial Department of Manpower of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam in Banda Aceh (Disnaker NAD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today provided an update on progress made at the Employment Service for the People of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province (ESPNAD).  The ESPNAD commenced its operations on Monday, 7 February 2005, to facilitate access to jobs for those who have lost their livelihoods as a result of the earthquake and Tsunami disaster..... >> more

ILO and Disnaker Establish Emergency Employment Service in Banda Aceh 

BANDA ACEH (Joint Press Release): The Provincial Department of Manpower in Banda Aceh (Disnaker Banda Aceh) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today announced the start-up of the Employment Service for the People of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province (ESPNAD). The ESPNAD will commence its operations starting Monday, 7 February 2005, to facilitate access to jobs for those who have lost their livelihoods as a result of the earthquake and Tsunami disaster..... >> more

ILO Calls for Integrated Employment Strategy for Tsunami Reconstruction
Says Estimated 1 Million People Lost Livelihood

GENEVA (ILO News): The International Labour Office (ILO) today urged that “employment-intensive” job creation strategies be integrated into the humanitarian and reconstruction response to the earthquake and Tsunami disaster in Asia that destroyed the livelihoods of an estimated 1 million persons in Indonesia and Sri Lanka alone..... >> more

National Tripartite Summit Recommendation

JAKARTA (Joint Release): That today, Wednesday, dated 19 January 2005, has been conducted National Tripartite Summit, attended by elements involved in industrial relations whose are trade unions leaders, employer organizations leaders (APINDO/KADIN), and government representatives as well as international labor institutions, companies receiving Bipartite Awards of 2005 and a number of observers..... >> more

Special Coordinator Briefs Press on Return from Aceh:
Update on the Relief Effort in Indonesia

JAKARTA (Joint Press Release): The hard-core emergency phase of disaster relief in Indonesia was well under way and the machinery needed to assist people was accelerating, according to Margareta Wahlström, United Nations Special Coordinator for Tsunami Relief Efforts, who addressed correspondents at the Media Center this morning..... >> more

GENEVA (ILO News): The International Labour Office (ILO) today released the following statement by Director-General Juan Somavia regarding the role of the ILO in the response to the earthquake and tidal wave in the Indian Ocean Area..... >> more

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Batam Private Sector Stage War on HIV/AIDS

BATAM (ILO News): HIV/AIDS epidemic has already become a major threat to the world of work. The epidemic cuts the supply of labour and threatens the livelihood of many workers and their families. The loss of skilled and trained workers also affects productivity and the operations of enterprises nationwide, including in Batam..... >> more

Indonesia to Ratify ILO Convention No. 185 on Seafarers’ Identity Documents

JAKARTA (ILO News): The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, the Ministry of Communication, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consortium of Indonesian Manning Agencies (CIMA), Indonesian National Shipowners Association (INSA) and the Indonesian Seafarers’ Union, will hold a National Workshop concerning ILO’s Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention 2003 (No. 185) from 13-14 December 2004 at the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, Jakarta..... >> more

Half the World’s Workers Living below US$ 2 a Day Poverty Line

GENEVA (ILO News): Half the world’s workers—some 1.4 billion people—are trapped in grinding poverty unable to earn enough to lift themselves and their families above the US$2 a day poverty line, but this figure could be reduced if policies zero in on improving labour productivity and creating jobs, says a new study by the International Labour Office (ILO)..... >> more

New ILO report examines Future of Work and Quality in the Media, Culture and Graphical Sector

GENEVA (ILO News): New media, multimedia and information and communication technologies may increase the demand for journalists, editors, artistes and others in the media, graphical and culture sectors, but compromise the quality of their work and of their working conditions, according to a new International Labour Office (ILO) report..... >> more

Bandung Private Sector Stage War on HIV/AIDS

BANDUNG (ILO News): HIV/AIDS epidemic has already become a major threat to the world of work. The epidemic cuts the supply of labour and threatens the livelihood of many workers and their families. The loss of skilled and trained workers also affects productivity and the operations of enterprises nationwide, including in West Java..... >> more

Economic Security Strengthens Tolerance and Happiness as well as Growth and Development

JAKARTA (ILO News): A new study by the International Labour Office (ILO) highlights that people’s economic security promotes personal well being, happiness and tolerance, while benefiting growth and development..... >> more

Too Few Companies in East Java Have Already Written Policies on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care

SURABAYA (ILO News): HIV/AIDS epidemic has become a global crisis affecting all levels of society. It is also a major threat to the world of work. The epidemic cuts the supply of labour and threatens the livelihood of many workers and their families. The loss of skilled and trained workers also affects productivity and the operations of enterprises..... >> more

Women are Still at Greater Risk of Sexual Harassment at Work

JAKARTA (ILO News): Concern with sexual harassment at work is relatively recent in Indonesia. However, it is widely agreed that sexual harassment is a clear form of gender discrimination and is recognized as a violation of human rights. Sexual harassment at work can happen to any worker at any workplace—offices, factories, plantations and farms, small and large enterprises..... >> more

International Youth Day: Indonesia Youth Employment Action Plan to Tackle Youth Unemployment in Indonesia

JAKARTA (Joint Press Release): In association with the commemoration of International Youth Day, the Indonesia Youth Employment Network (IYEN) jointly lead by the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, will launch a Youth Employment Action Plan on Thursday, 12 August 2004.  The Action Plan will be launched by the Vice President, H.E. Hamzah Haz, at the Vice Presidential Palace, Jakarta..... >> more

Only Few Companies Have Written Policies on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Programme

JAKARTA (ILO News): HIV/AIDS epidemic has become a global crisis affecting all levels of society. It is also a major threat to the world of work. The epidemic cuts the supply of labour and threatens the livelihood of many workers and their families. The loss of skilled and trained workers also affects productivity and the operations of enterprises..... >> more

Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration and the ILO Jointly Hold Competency-Based Training Workshop

JAKARTA (ILO News): Indonesia is still facing a crucial problem in human resources development. Indonesian workers still have generally lower productivity levels compared with workers in other ASEAN countries. Thus, they do not have competitive advantages compared to industrial workers in other developing countries..... >> more

First Global Analysis of HIV/AIDS Impact on the World of Work

5 Million Working Age People in Asia with HIV
More 10 Million Projected to be lost to Asian Labour Force by 2010 

BANGKOK (ILO News): A new global report^*) on the impact HIV/AIDS is having in the workplace in five Asian economies has found that almost five million people of working age have HIV—the human immunodeficiency virus..... >> more

World Day Against Child Labour: Child Domestic Workers Often Neglected and Unprotected

JAKARTA (ILO News): The 12^th of June 2004 will mark the third year of the World Day Against Child Labour with a specific focus on efforts to eliminate child domestic labour. The plight of children working in sometimes gruelling forms of domestic labour that involve long hours, low pay and little or no time for education and personal development has been identified as the theme of this year’s global events..... >> more

World Day Against Child Labour:  New ILO Report Highlights Plight of Children in Domestic Labour

GENEVA (ILO News): Child domestic labour is a widespread and growing global phenomenon that traps as many as ten million children or more—mostly girls—in hidden forms of exploitation, often involving abuse, health risks and violence, according to a new report issued today by the International Labour Office (ILO)..... >> more

Provincial Government of West Java and ILO Team Up to Tackle Worst Forms of Child Labour

BANDUNG (ILO News): The Provincial Manpower and Transmigration of West Java, in collaboration with the the ILO’s International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC), under its Footwear Project in Bandung, will hold a Review and Planning Workshop for the ILO-IPEC Programme on the Informal Footwear Sector and Trafficking in West Java from 25-26 May 2004, at Embassy Room, Savoy Homann Hotel, Bandung, West Java. The workshop will be officially opened  by the Country Director of the ILO in Indonesia, Alan Boulton..... >> more

ILO: Indonesia Shows Positive Developments in Labour Law Reform

JAKARTA (ILO News): The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, will launch the ILO’s Global Report, Organizing for Social Justice^*), and a publication titled Major Labour Laws of Indonesia on Wednesday, 26 May 2004, in Jakarta. Those publications will be launched by the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, H.E. Jacob Nuwa Wea, and the ILO Country Director in Indonesia, Alan Boulton..... >> more

Indonesia Youth Employment Network to Develop an Indonesia Youth Employment Action Plan

JAKARTA (ILO News): Indonesia has continued to reaffirm its commitment to addressing the challenges faced by young people. To mark its first anniversary, the Indonesia Youth Employment Network (IYEN), in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) under its Youth Employment Project, is holding a Forum under the banner “Towards the Indonesian Youth Employment Action Plan” on Wednesday, 19 May 2004, at Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta.

The IYEN is part of the global Youth Employment Network (YEN) initiated in 2000 by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the ILO Director General Juan Somavia, and the World Bank President James Wolfenson. Ten countries were selected to take the lead in the review and renewal of employment policies for young people. Indonesia has volunteered to become a lead country by developing IYEN through a Letter of Decision of the Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs issued on 19 May 2003..... >> more

ILO Report Sees Encouraging Trends in Fundamental Rights at Work Although Serious Violations Persist

BANGKOK (ILO News): Despite continued threats to workers and employers seeking to organize—including killings, detention and violence—the broad, global picture of respect for fundamental rights at work is on balance improving and more encouraging than it was four years ago, says a new report issued today by the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva..... >> more

Safety and Health Culture is Urgently Needed in the Workplace

JAKARTA (ILO News): Throughout the world, thousand workers lose their lives every day as a result of work-related accidents, injuries, or diseases. To reduce or prevent occupational accidents and diseases, there is an urgent need for a new “safety culture” in the world of work, particularly in small and medium enterprises (SMEs)..... >> more

Launched, Manpower Ministerial Decree on HIV/AIDS Prevention in the Workplace

JAKARTA (ILO News): During the last ten years, it has become increasingly clear that the world of work is a key arena where the battle against HIV/AIDS can be fought—and won. Workplace prevention has proven highly effective in fighting the spread of the epidemic in many countries..... >> more

World Day for Safety and Health at Work:
6,000 Workers Worldwide Die due to Job Accidents Each Day  

JAKARTA (ILO News): Worldwide approximately 6,000 workers lose their lives every day of the year as a result of work-related accidents, injuries, or diseases. To reduce or prevent occupational accidents and diseases, the need for a new “safety culture” is being highlighted by the workers, employers and governments, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), for the observance of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April..... >> more

Indonesia to Finalize National Poverty Reduction Strategy

JAKARTA (ILO News): Poverty reduction remains a major challenge in Indonesia. Therefore, as a follow-up to the ILO submission to the Indonesian PRSP in February, the ILO, in collaboration with the National Poverty Alleviation Committee, will hold a coordination meeting on National Poverty Reduction Strategy on Wednesday, 28 April 2004, at Ambhara Hotel, Jakarta. The meeting will be opened by the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti..... >> more

ILO-IPEC to Improve OSH in Informal Footwear Industry in Bandung

BANDUNG (ILO News): In conjunction with the observance of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April, the ILO’s International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC), under its Footwear Project in Bandung, will hold a three-day workshop on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in informal sector shoemaking from 26-28 April in Hotel Jayakarta, Bandung, West Java..... >> more

In the Observance of Kartini’s Day:
ILO: Gender Balance in Judiciary is Crucial for New Industrial Relations Court 

JAKARTA (ILO News): Gender equality is a fundamental human right and an essential condition for achieving effective democracy. Although more and more women are working outside the home, gender remains an important source of labour market discrimination..... >> more

Indonesia, ILO to Tackle the Worst Forms of Child Labour

JAKARTA (Joint Press Release): Today, around 246 million children in the world, or one of out six children, are involved in child labour with three-quarters of these engaged in the worst forms of child labour.^*) In Indonesia the ILO has estimated that some 4 million children below the age of 18 are involved in employment which is definitely or potentially dangerous..... >> more

Indonesia to Formulate Indonesia Youth Employment Action Plan

JAKARTA (ILO News): Since the 1980s, the youth unemployment rate in Indonesia has been increasing in the urban and rural areas and is now about 25 and 15 percent, respectively. Over the last ten years, unemployment rates have increased more notably among females and tertiary graduates. In light of the serious and growing problem of unemployment and underemployment of young people, the Government of Indonesia, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), is now in the process of developing and formulating an Indonesian Youth Employment Action Plan..... >> more

More Women Enter the Global Labour Force, but Job Equality, Poverty Reduction Remain Elusive

GENEVA (ILO News): Women are entering the global labour force in record numbers, but they still face higher unemployment rates and lower wages and represent 60 per cent of the world’s 550 million working poor, says a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) prepared for International Women’s Day..... >> more

APINDO to Launch Global Compact in Indonesia

JAKARTA (Joint Press Release): Indonesian Employers’ Association (APINDO), in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), will hold a launch of the Global Compact in Indonesia on Saturday, 28 February 2004, at Atrium Hotel, Jakarta. The launch is in conjunction with the 52^nd anniversary of APINDO, and Sofjan Wanandi, President of APINDO, will launch the Global Compact..... >> more

ILO Submits Recommendations for Tackling Poverty in Indonesia

JAKARTA (ILO News): To tackle poverty, annual economic growth of Indonesia should be increased to 5 to 6 percent in order to create more than 2 million jobs annually. The country should also invest in public infrastructure using labour intensive approaches and maintain small medium enterprise (SME) friendly policy environment, according to some of the series of policy recommendations outlined by the International Labour Organization (ILO)..... >> more

New ILO Study:
Economic Benefits of Eliminating Child Labour Seven Times Greater  

JAKARTA (ILO News): A new study by the International Labour Office (ILO) says the benefits of eliminating child labour will be nearly seven times greater than the costs, or an estimated US$ 5.1 trillion in the developing and transitional economies, where most child labourers are found..... >> more

Important, Role of the Police in Industrial Relations

JAKARTA (ILO News):  To enhance police capacity and understanding in handling industrial disputes, the International Labour Organization (ILO) under the ILO/USA Declaration Police Training Project will hold a one-day seminar titled “The Role of Police in Industrial Relations” on Wednesday, 28 January, at Ballroom, Le Meridien Hotel, Jakarta. The seminar will be opened by the Deputy Chief of the Indonesian National Police Kadaryanto, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea, US Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce, and Country Director of the ILO in Indonesia Alan Boulton..... >> more

ILO EMPLOYMENT REPORT 2004:
GLOBAL UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINS AT RECORD LEVELS IN 2003

GENEVA (ILO News): Overall global unemployment rose in 2003 to 185.9 million, remaining at record levels for men and women and escalating more sharply among young people despite a pickup in economic growth after a two-year slump, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual jobs report released today..... >> more