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ILO mission to Fiji aborted
19 September 2012
An ILO direct contacts mission on freedom of association has been obliged to depart from Fiji without having completed its mandate.
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Pacific ratifications help to bring ‘Seafarers Bill of Rights’ into effect
12 September 2012
The ILO has received the 30th ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC), fulfilling the final condition for the first global standard spanning continents and oceans, to go into effect in a year’s time
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Reform planned for PNG labour laws
17 August 2012
Papau New Guinea's labour laws are in for a make over which will now include a new Employment Relations Bill. The new bill will repeal and update the existing laws.
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Questions and answers on the “Cash for Work project”
10 August 2012
The cash-for-work initiative, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from UN Women and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), is being implemented with the Government of Fiji to focus initially on market vendors in Rakiraki, one of the country’s worst affected districts, located halfway between the capital Suva and the western town of Nadi.
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University of the South Pacific and the ILO pilot Community Based Enterprise Development Programme
01 December 2012
The Aspiring Entrepreneurs component of the Community Based Enterprise Development (C-BED) was piloted at the Regional Centre for Continued Community Education (RCCCE) of USP.
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Minister of Labour, Mr Jone Usamate's opening statement at the Fiji National Employment Creation Policy workshop
28 November 2012
28th November 2012 the Fiji Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment and the ILO jointly hosted a three day technical training workshop for senior Government officials, employers workers and academia to explore not only the technical aspects of developing National Employment Policies but also to consider the particular challenges and opportunities in Fiji.
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Papua New Guinea moves to establishing a National Employment Policy
27 November 2012
The Papua New Guinea Government has prioritized the development of a new National Employment Policy to implement ILO Convention 122.
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Fiji National Employment Creation Policy workshop
27 November 2012
In November 2012 the Fiji Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment and the ILO jointly hosted a three day technical training workshop for senior Government officials, employers workers and academia to explore not only the technical aspects of developing National Employment Policies but also to consider the particular challenges and opportunities in Fiji.
CO-Suva
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World Day Against Child Labour June 12, 2012 Human rights and social justice... let's end child labour Suva, Fiji
21 June 2012
Speech by the Director ILO Office for the Pacific Island Countries
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Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Government of the Republic of Kiribati and the Government of the Republic of Fiji on Technical Assistance in the Field of Labour Reform and Labour Inspection
04 May 2012
Speech by the Director ILO Office for the South Pacific Island Countries
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Statement on Fiji, by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia
13 September 2011