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Opening message at the Launch of Child Labour Knowledge Sharing System (CLKSS)

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Makati City, Philippines

Opening remarks at the Technical Workshop on the Two-Tiered Wage System

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Traders Hotel, Manila, Philippines

Opening address at the Greening the Labour and Employment Agenda 2011-2016 and the Philippine Jobs Pact

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

ILO press conference to spotlight child labour in the Philippines - 5 April 2011, Quezon City

MANILA (ILO News) – As the school year ends and millions of children in the Philippines look forward to their summer vacation, there are hundreds of thousands who will get no holiday – child labourers. These children – who are mostly from rural...

Opening message at the Seminar-Workshop on Freedom of Association, Civil Liberties, Labour Laws and the Issue of Impunity (Visayas)

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Iloilo City, Philippines

Message at the Official Launch of the 2011 Outstanding Labour-Management Council (LMC) for Industrial peace

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines

Opening address at the Validation Workshop, Study on the Conditions and Challenges Affecting Social Dialogue in Water Utilities in the...

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines

Opening address at the Succeeding in Business Programme Training of Trainers and Enterprises

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Sta Rosa Laguna, Philippines

Opening address at the Roundtable Discussion and Project Committee Meeting on Green Jobs Initiative

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines

Opening address at the National Seminar for Trade Unions on Freedom of Association and Review of the Progress of the High Level Mission

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Tagaytay City, Philippines

Mobile teachers educate 'seasonal pupils'

Children from rural areas often skip classes while some even have to drop out of school to help their families in the farm during harvest seasons. The Department of Education (DepEd) said that these child labourers tagged as 'seasonal pupils' can...

Asia Pacific job recovery lagging economic growth, says ILO report: ILO Global Employment Trends 2011; cites concerns including inflation,...

MANILA (ILO News) – With global unemployment, as officially measured, at record highs for the third straight year since the start of the economic crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned that weak recovery in jobs is likely to continue...

Opening remarks at the ASEAN Forum on Improving Overseas Employment

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines

Opening address at the Seminar-Workshop on Freedom of Association, Civil Liberties, Labour Laws and the Issue of Impunity

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines

Opening message at the Anti-Child Labour Communities of Practice Visioning Workshop

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines

Opening message at the Tripartite Consultation Meeting on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Rights in Export Processing...

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines

Opening message at the Roundtable Discussion for the Justices on Improved Use of International Labour Standards in the Judiciary

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines

Presentation on the New MDG Employment Indicators at the 11th National Convention on Statistics

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines

ILO says long “labour market recession" worsens social outlook in many countries

A new report by the research arm of the ILO says a long “labour market recession” is worsening the social outlook in many countries. The new study entitled “World of Work Report 2010 – from one crisis to the next?” acknowledges that three years...

Presentation at the DSWD Basic Orientation on Social Protection Concepts and Strategies

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines