All events: international labour standards + labour standards

Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia

“Turning principles into pathways: The future of the Seafood Good Labour Practices programme” report launch

This report provides a series of recommendations to strengthen the effectiveness of the Seafood Good Labour Practices scheme.

Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (May 2022)

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Fourth Meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention - Part II

The fourth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee will take place in two parts. Part I was held in a virtual format from 19 to 23 April 2021. Part II took place from 5 to 13 May 2022 in a hybrid format.

Trade for Decent Work

Hazardous child labour list is being updated

Mongolia has ratified the ILO Conventions 138 and 182 and has adopted and revised the Hazardous child labour list since 2008. Labour Law of Mongolia was revised in 2021 and brought it more compliant with the international labour standards.

Orientation Workshop for the participating enterprises of Indian Tea Association

The project, Safety + Health for all plantation workers in South Asia - India Component is collaborating with the Indian Tea Association (ITA) to promote Safety and Health for all plantation workers in the small and big estates of the members of...

Research Seminar

Between utopia and action - New perspectives on Albert Thomas, first director of the ILO

Adeline Blaszkiewicz presents key finding of her PhD thesis on Albert Thomas, first director of the International Labour Office from 1920 to 1932.

Seminar

Responsible Business Conduct and Decent Work in Global Supply Chains

A seminar with students from South China University to introduce key CSR concepts, training on relevant international policy frameworks and initiatives and debate about their efficiency and coherence.

International Women's Day

Faces of Women Workers in Palm Oil and Fishing Sectors

Women play important roles across the supply chain in the rural sectors of agriculture, fishing and mining. They are often involved in multiple activities simultaneously while taking responsibility for the well-being of the members of their...

Webinar

Joint ILO-WTO Webinar on Gender, trade and labour market outcomes in Covid times

The Webinar will bring together academics, experts from international organisations, including from the WTO and ILO to discuss gender, trade and labour market outcomes with a specific emphasis on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected employment,...

Brown Bag Lunch

Effects of a transition for environmental sustainability on labour and trade: literature review

The working paper reviews the extant theoretical and empirical literature on the environment, labour, and trade.

Three Country OSH Training Workshop for Plantation Sector - Introduction and Application of Training Methodologies

The workshop will introduce application methodologies such as Work Improvement in Neighbourhood Development (WIND) and Work Improvement in Small Enterprises (WISE) for the sector.

Consultative meeting with the Small Tea Growers on Promoting Occupational Safety and Health in the Workplace

The project "Safety + Health for all plantation workers in South Asia: India Component" organized a meeting with the Employers and Membership Based Organizations (EMBOs) on 23 July 2021. As a follow up, a consultative meeting is planned with the...

Launch Event

Launch: ILO Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements Hub

Launch of the Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements Hub (LP Hub) - a one-stop shop for information on labour provisions in more than 100 regional trade agreements in over 140 economies.

Brown Bag Lunch

Scoping Study: International Investment Agreements

The aim of the report is to gain a better initial understanding of the references to labour in investment agreements.

Annual Review of Thailand Decent Work Country Programme 2019 – 2021 on 15 – 16 December 2021

The ILO’s tripartite constituents announced its consensus in extending the end date of the Thailand Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2019 – 2021 to end in December 2022 to be in line with national development plants, particularly the 12th...

Rural Sectors in the Philippines

ILO Consults Partners on a Baseline Study and Sectoral Assessment for the Rural Sectors in the Philippines

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Project on Improving Workers' Rights in the Rural Sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a focus on Women conducted an online Inception Workshop to consult tripartite partners in the Philippines on the proposed...

Strengthening Social Dialogue Policy and Practices: ...

Thailand practices tripartism and social dialogue and it has many advisory social dialogue bodies, including at bipartite mechanisms at enterprise level. This meeting is aimed at facilitating review by constituents of key challenges facing the...

Inception Workshop: Baseline Study and Sectoral Assessment of Working Conditions in the Rural Sectors

The ILO’s Project on Improving Workers' Rights in the Rural Sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a focus on Women initiated the conduct of the baseline survey and sectoral assessment on working conditions in the rural sectors in Indonesia and the...

Webinar, 16 Nov

Regional Trade Union Workshop for promoting decent work and socially responsible labour practices in global supply chains

This regional forum will aim to build the capacity of trade union organisations and enable workers and unions to strategically use international instruments in the field of Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) (ILO MNE Declaration, OECD Guidelines on...

Responsible business conduct

Webinar on Equal Opportunity and Treatment and Harassment

The webinar is part of the CSR training being implemented by the RSCA project in collaboration with the Asian Institute of Management – Ramon V. Del Rosario Center for Corporate Citizenship