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Temporary employment boosts early recovery from Fiji floods - UN

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...

Interview with Tim Lyons, Assistant Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

Tim Lyons, who was the Workers' group spokesperson at the 15th ILO Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting, talks about the situation of workers in Fiji, the promotion of ILO Conventions in Australia, and what the Australian Council of Trade Unions...

Situation of Workers in Fiji

The General Secretary of the Fiji Public Service Association, Rajeshwar Singh welcomed the resolution adopted by the 15th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting on the situation of workers in Fiji.

Technical Training Course Labour Statistics and Labour Market Information and Analysis in the Pacific

A first for the Pacific technical training on LMIA in the Pacific.

312th Session of the Governing Body:Workers Group Statement on Fiji

Statement on Fiji, by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia

ILO Director-General’s expressed concern on trade union developments in Fiji

Tripartite Labour Advisory Council launched in Vanuatu

For the first time since independence in 1980, government, workers and employers have formally joined forces to create a tripartite advisory body to help guide Vanuatu’s development of new labour and employment policies.

Papua New Guinea labour delegation in Australia: tripartite group studies industrial relations, Australian labour market governance and...

ILO News: A tripartite delegation from Papua New Guinea (PNG) has travelled to Australia to study that country’s industrial relations institutions in advance of an anticipated enactment of a Bill to reform PNG’s industrial relations laws.

ILO training keeps Fiji green and clean

April 28th is observed globally as World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Waste collectors in Fiji have reason to celebrate this day, because, thanks to a new ILO programme combining ‘green’ environmental support measures with occupational safety...

Pacific regional tripartite workshop considered ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The workshop that was held in Nadi, Fiji from 27 to 29 October 2010 brought together seafarers, ship-owners and government labour and maritime officers from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to promote the...

Pacific Island Countries explore ratification of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The ILO Workshop on Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, is held on 27-29 October 2010.

Spotlight falls on decent work in Pacific Island States

Progress towards building a sustainable future and implementing decent work for countries in the Pacific was highlighted at a special event held during the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.

Asia and the Pacific Region

Decent work approach to recovery urged by Pacific Island labour ministers and social partners

Pacific Island Labour Ministers and social partners have reached an agreement to support a jobs-led recovery by promoting decent work in the Pacific region by adopting the Port Vila Statement on Decent Work and its accompanying ‘Pacific Action Plan...

Jobs-led recovery and plan for sustainable decent work at ILO high level meeting of ten Pacific member States at Port Vila, Vanuatu, 8–9...

In the aftermath of the global economic downturn and a lingering jobs crisis, the ILO is convening a high-level meeting on Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific from 8 to February in Vanuatu.

Questions and answers on jobs recovery and the development of decent work for people in the Pacific Islands

In February 2010, at Port Vila, Vanuatu, Labour Ministers, Senior Labour officials and representatives of worker and employer organizations from all eight countries – Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon...

Remove the obstacles – Gender Equality at the Heart of Decent Work Campaign 2008-09

Working in a ‘man’s world’: women in the Fiji police force

There are higher proportions of women in public services worldwide, and an increasing number of equal opportunities policies exist globally. Nevertheless the ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111) adopted in 1958 remains...

Global Employment Trends 2008

Development in South-East Asia and the Pacific has been less impressive than elsewhere in Asia and the region faces some pressing challenges, notably the problems of young people looking for work, according to the ILO’s 2008 Global Employment Trends...

Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) in South-East Asia

Labour productivity in South-East Asia and the Pacific[1] is “stagnant” compared to the rest of Asia , and not enough employment opportunities are being created, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a new report published today.