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COVID-19 and the World of Work
How a typical informal sector micro business is surviving
With informal employment accounting for more than half of all jobs in Fiji, Palau, Tonga and Vanuatu, it became clear that the hitherto ‘invisible sector,’ was going to be the biggest key to driving economic recovery across the Pacific region.
Informal economy
Informal sectors of Fiji, Palau, Tonga and Vanuatu key to COVID-19 economic recovery
Social Protection
Rethinking New Strategies For Pacific Communities - Covid-19 And Social Protection
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020
Make persons with disabilities a priority during COVID-19 recovery in the Pacific
Youth employment
Targeted responses needed to combat youth employment crisis - ADB & ILO report
The joint Tackling the COVID-19 Youth Employment Crisis in Asia and the Pacific report says COVID-19 has triggered a massive disruption of labour markets which has had a disproportionate impact on youth unemployment.
ILO PARTNERSHIPS
ILO, ITC-ILO and PIPSO sign Letter of Intent to collaborate on capacity building of Pacific EBMO
The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Training Centre Programme for Employers Activities (ITC-ILO/ACTEMP), and the Pacific Island Private Sector Organization (PIPSO) have concluded a cooperation agreement to further promote...
Pacific high-level forum on climate change and decent work
"We have to work for a process of productive transformation that protects our blue ocean and gives us all a future"
Guy Ryder addressed the Pacific high-level forum on climate change and decent work during the first visit of an ILO Director-General to a Pacific Island State.
Child labour
Palau ratifies Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Palau is the 183rd Member State to have ratified Convention No. 182
Environmental Sustainability and Decent Work
ILO and Japan International Cooperation Agency strengthen their partnership to promote waste management in the Pacific
The Memorandum of Cooperation signed between ILO and JICA will contribute to improve solid waste management in Pacific Island countries through a stronger partnership in the field of occupational safety and health in solid waste management and green...
Domestic workers
ILO Pacific Office and UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office Celebrate Anniversary of the Adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and Recommendation No. 201. These new standards, adopted in June 2011, are a strong recognition of the economic and social value of domestic work...
EU, ILO and ESCAP launch first ever labour Migration Statistics Guide for the Pacific Region
The guide explains key concepts relevant to international labour migration statistics and makes concrete recommendations on how Pacific Island countries can move towards a harmonized system for collection and analysis of timely, accurate and...
ILO to promote decent work in Small Island Developing States at SIDS Conference in Samoa
ILO Supports seven young people to participate at the SIDS Youth Forum
The International Labour Organization this week announced seven young people to take part in the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Youth Forum to take place on the 28th of August 2014 in Apia, Samoa
ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries launches report “Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States -...
To mark International Youth Day, The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Pacific Island Countries have launched a report, entitled “Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States”.
Improving data collection of labour statistics (including labour migration statistics)in Pacific Island Countries
The ILO in collaboration with partners, UNESCAP and SPC has completed a sub-regional technical workshop on labour and migration statistics for Pacific Island Countries. This technical workshop took place from 28 July to 1 August 2014 in Nadi, Fiji...
ILO Director-General Report Stimulates Debate on Fair Labour Migration
Migration is a key aspect of the world of work in the Pacific. Of all world regions, the Pacific has the highest per capita level of international mobility amongst its resident populations, especially those in Polynesia and Micronesia.
The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries Calls on Governments, Employers and Unions to Focus on Eliminating Gender Discrimination and...
The occasion of International Women’s Day provides an important opportunity to reflect on progress towards gender equality in the labour markets of Pacific Island Countries.
ILO body adopts new minimum monthly wage for seafarers
The mechanism is the only one in the ILO for setting the basic wage for any industry.
ILO: Youth employment is a major challenge for young people in the Pacific
ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto highlighted that youth employment is a major challenge, faced by young people in the Pacific, when he addressed the 3rd Meeting of the Pacific Youth...
Sports and youth employment
In the Pacific region, sport plays a very important role in life. Youth unemployment is also rampant. Linking sports to youth employment could bring about positive results as young peoples’ skills in sports can be useful at work.