All news: Switzerland
Moscow hosts international seminar of public employment services
On September 17-18, Russia’s Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) held an international seminar for members of the World Association of Public Employment Services focusing on models of public employment service (PES): centralized and...
Red Card to Child Labour
ILO FPRW Branch joins the "Red Card to Child Labour" Campaign
ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) Branch Staff joins the "Red Card to Child Labour" Campaign and says "All together against child labour"
Maternity Protection
Switzerland ratifies the Maternity Protection Convention (No. 183)
Switzerland became the 29th member State to ratify this essential instrument for equality which guarantees protection for women workers during maternity
Azerbaijan seeks ILO’s expert help
3 June 2014. This issue was discussed at the meeting between Azerbaijan’s Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population Salim Muslimov and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the sidelines of the 103rd session of the International Labour...
ILO: Countries investing in high quality jobs can make economic leaps
The ILO’s flagship report on the world of work shows, for the first time, that quality jobs can drive sustained growth in emerging and developing countries.
102nd International Labour Conference
Address by Her Excellency Dr Joyce Banda, President of the Republic of Malawi
102nd International Labour Conference
President Banda: Malawi champions “zero tolerance” of child labour
In her first visit to the International Labour Conference, Malawian President, Joyce Banda, says that despite global efforts, child labour remains a “huge problem”.
European labour migration
From public sector worker in Portugal to cleaner in Switzerland
As protests spread in southern Europe – especially in Greece, Spain and Portugal – against austerity measures, more and more people hit by the crisis are moving to northern countries in search of decent jobs. Public sector workers are not an...
Swiss labour market recovery boosted by effective social partnership, ILO-World Bank report says
A new ILO-World Bank report and online data tool presented at the 101st International Labour Conference shows that the Swiss labour market – even though it was hit by the crisis – recovered faster than in other countries, partly because of an...
Guy Ryder elected as ILO Director-General in 2012
Guy Ryder was elected as the tenth Director-General of the ILO and will begin his five-year term in October 2012.
Press release
The Swiss Confederation ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of its adoption
Switzerland is the 12th Member State, the 6th European country, and the first landlocked State with maritime interests, to ratify the MLC, 2006. The Swiss ratification gives a major boost to the ratification campaign launched by the ILO...
Event
Quality Public Services: The ITUC Calls upon the Trade Union Movement to act in Solidarity
ILO adopts comprehensive new labour standards for millions in the world's fishing sector
New labour standards designed to improve the conditions for roughly 30 million men and women (83 per cent of them in Asia) working in the fishing sector worldwide, were adopted at the 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization...