News and articles

September 2018

  1. End of exit permits for most migrant workers in Qatar welcomed

    04 September 2018

    Qatar introduces new legislation to ensure freedom of movement of migrant workers, advancing its reform agenda.

February 2018

  1. Convention No. 189 on domestic workers ratified by Brazil

    01 February 2018

    Brazil promotes decent work for an estimated 7 million domestic workers.

June 2016

  1. “Step out of the shadow!”: How cartoons support a campaign to formalize the Kyrgyz economy

    06 June 2016

    Last year, the International Labour Conference adopted the Recommendation concerning the transition from the informal to the formal economy (No.204). An innovative project in Kyrgyzstan shows how this transition can be facilitated in practice.

September 2015

  1. ILO Director-General visits Turkey

    01 September 2015

    ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s visit marks a first highest level visit by an ILO Director-General to Ankara after 22 years

August 2015

  1. Labour Law Reforms, Termination of Employment, Productivity and Investment, Flexibility, Social Dialogue and the Economy

    21 August 2015

June 2015

  1. International Labour Conference 2015: What were the results for the workers?

    26 June 2015

    The 104th session of the International Labour Conference was characterized by the Committee on the Application of Standards resuming its work, examining 24 individual cases of violations of international labour standards. In this interview, President of the Workers’ Group, Luc Cortebeeck, shares the workers’ perspective on the work of that Committee. Mr Cortebeeck also talks about the other issues discussed at this session, such as the transition from the informal to the formal economy, social protection, the discussions about small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the creation of decent and productive jobs, as well as the Director-General’s report on the Future of Work.

April 2015

  1. Technology lightens the load for factory inspector

    01 April 2015

    ‘LISA’ App on a tablet makes the job of a labour inspector in Colombo easier and helps monitor cases and ensure compliance with labour laws.

May 2014

  1. ILC 2014: What are the Workers' expectations from the ILO?

    29 May 2014

    The newly elected vice-president of the 103rd session of the International Labour Conference, Takaaki Sakurada from Japan’s Trade Union Confederation (JTCU-Rengo) expressed his expectations from this year’s agenda of the annual International Labour Conference.

  2. Guy Ryder: The importance of Labour Standards and Migration for the ILO

    29 May 2014

    During his meeting with the Worker delegates at the 103rd International Labour Conference, which takes place from 28 of May to 12 June, the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder stressed the importance of labour standards in the global economy. In his statement Mr. Ryder also explained the challenge for the ILO and its constituents, on the issue of Migration.

April 2014

  1. Luc Cortebeeck: “A major step forward was taken at this Governing Body session”

    04 April 2014

    The 320th session of the ILO Governing Body drew to a close on 27 March 2014 in Geneva. In this interview, Workers’ Group Chair Luc Cortebeeck looks at several of the issues discussed during this session. Major topics included the application of international labour standards, ILO engagement with the private sector, seafarers’ rights, and migrant workers – in the context of the ILO’s chairing the UN system’s Global Migration Group (GMG).