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12 June – World Day against Child Labour – Launch of the Thai Frozen Foods Association’s Policy against child labour and forced labour,...

To mark World Day against Child Labour, members of the Thai Frozen Foods Association launch their policy with commitment to promoting a safe and motivating working environment that is free of child labour, forced labour and discrimination.

ILO/UN Country Team & Thai Government to sign partnership agreement on social protection

The ILO will join with other members of the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Thailand in signing the 2012-2016 United Nations Partnership Framework (UNPAF) Action Plan with the Royal Thai Government and other development partners on Wednesday 6...

Stories from children: ILO-IPEC project to combat the worst forms of child labour in shrimp and seafood processing areas in Thailand

The stories of Mae Lah and Dara whose their parents are migrant workers from Myanmar.

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Social Protection for Thailand’s Informal Economy Workers

People working in the informal economy are vulnerable and often lack social protection. When natural disasters such as the 2011 flood in Thailand strike, they are frequently left without adequate support. But now the International Labour...

Social Protection for Thailand’s Informal Economy Workers

People working in the informal economy are often vulnerable and frequently lack social protection. But now the ILO and other United Nations agencies are working with the Thai Government to change this and create a suitable, social protection system.

Civil society discussed Social Protection Floor in Thailand

Some 100 persons from civil society organizations (CSOs) and networks across Thailand working on issues related to the four guarantees within the Social Protection Floor (SPF) framework met in Bangkok on 23 February 2012. This included the network...

Promote basic social protection to help people escape from poverty

Promoting basic social security rights and transfers, essential services in employment, health, water and sanitation, nutrition, education and family-support will protect and empower poor and vulnerable people to work out of poverty. These are the...

Towards a greener and fairer society

Climate change means that resource scarcity and environmental degradation have become major, and urgent, challenges. In response, the ILO is promoting the concept of green jobs as a driving force towards a greener and fairer development path that...

ILO praises joint flood crisis response by Thai employers & workers

Mr Jiyan Wang, Director of the ILO Country Office for Thailand has welcomed the move by Thailand’s employers’ and workers’ organizations to work together and take a joint initiatives to help alleviate the crisis caused by the flooding.

The role of employment in crisis recovery

Emergency relief aid is the priority in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe, but recovering jobs and livelihoods are an important part of reconstruction. Through labour-intensive infrastructure rehabilitation projects and other kinds of job...

ILO & ADB to hold seminar on creating quality employment in Asia and the Pacific

A high-level discussion on creating quality employment in Asia and the Pacific is being organized by the ILO and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The event, on Monday 3 October 2011, will provide an opportunity for experts and policymakers to...

Wage policy in Thailand

Opinion editorial by Jiyuan Wang, Director, ILO Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic International Labour Organization.

New ILO survey reveals limited public support for migrant workers' rights in Asia

There is limited support for the rights of migrant workers among the public according to a new multi-country study released by the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. In general the report reveals higher levels of public support for...

World day against child labour 2011 in Thailand

A seminar on “Creative operational campaign against child labour in hazardous work”

New measures to protect migrant workers

A package of measures aimed at improving recruitment practices and the protection of migrant workers’ rights has been launched by the Ministry of Labour’s Department of Employment (DOE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). On 25 May...

Statement for promoting inclusive vocational education and training in the Asian Region: opening opportunities for persons with disabilities

8 countries to discuss improving education, training for persons with disabilities

BANGKOK (ILO News) - Representatives from eight Asian countries will attend a Bangkok conference focusing on opening up educational and training opportunities to persons with disabilities.

Opening speech of workshop on law and tax benefit for hiring people with disabilities

By Ms. Emanuela Pozzan, regional coordinator on disability.

Workshop to highlight legal, tax benefits of hiring workers with disabilities

(ILO Bangkok) The International Labour Organization (ILO), the Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) and the Law Faculty of Thammasat University will organize a workshop on the legal and tax benefits for employers hiring persons with...

New ILO migration project to improve migrant workers' conditions in South-East Asia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a new project in South-East Asia to improve the governance of cross-border labour migration.