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Global Wage Report 2014/15

Global wage growth stagnates, lags behind pre-crisis rates

The latest ILO Global Wage Report warns of stalled wages in many countries and points to the labour market as a driver of inequality. Meanwhile, wage growth in Viet Nam shows positive developments but there’s still a long way for the country to...

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Vietnam visit to the EPWP South Africa.

The delegation spent the first part of their visit meeting EPWP officials in Pretoria and other National Departments.

Wage setting

Minimum wage and effective collective bargaining – key to maximize benefits of economic integration

Viet Nam has made an important step in minimum wage setting but it is not enough. The legal and institutional system for collective bargaining should be improved and international labour standards offer useful frameworks and tools to do this.

Interview

The best way to escape poverty is to get a good job

ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy Sandra Polaski talks to the media during her visit to Viet Nam in November.

Speech

Global, regional and national wage policies - trends and challenges

Opening speech by Ms Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director - General for Policy, at the National Wage Conference organized in Hanoi on 25-26 November 2014

Opportunities for upgrading training programmes in Tajikistan’s education system

n October 7, Tajikistan’s Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment of Population hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss opportunities for upgrading training programmes and curricula in Tajikistan’s education system.

Q&A

Labour productivity: Some frequently asked questions

Labour productivity primarily depends on how efficiently labour is combined with other factors of production, such as machinery and technology, and how many of these other inputs are available per worker.

Business Plan Competition

Three farmers to be awarded US$9,900 for best business plans

A competition to choose the most aspiring entrepreneurs among farmers is being organized by the ILO as part of its support to the One Million Farmers Initiative.

Statement

ILO statement on Verité report on working conditions in Malaysia’s electronics sector

The monitoring group, Verité, has revealed that nearly one in three migrant workers, including Vietnamese, in Malaysia’s electronic sector was under forced labour conditions in their report issued on 17 September.

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...

Q&A

Counting jobs and the unemployed: Some frequently asked questions

By Phu Huynh, labour economist of the International Labour Organization in Asia and the Pacific

Safe migration

Recruitment agency rank promotes fair competition and better protect migrant workers

The 2013 ranking of Vietnamese recruitment agencies sending workers abroad has been published with 23 per cent of companies rated as “A1” or top excellent.

Comment

What will economic integration bring for Viet Nam and ASEAN?

By Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

Economic integration

AEC offers major employment and productivity benefits, if decisively managed

The introduction of the ASEAN Economic Community next year could spur growth in Viet Nam’s GDP by 14.5 per cent and growth in jobs by an additional 10.5 per cent by 2025, but only if decisive action is taken to manage it effectively.

School to work transition

Young workers in Asia face instability and vulnerability

A new International Labour Organization (ILO) report on the transitions of young people from education to the employment market in Asia and the Pacific, finds majority of youth in the region are either in low quality jobs or unemployed.

Economic integration

Launch of new study on labour market effects of AEC 2015

Findings of a new study on how Viet Nam’s labour market will be affected by deeper ASEAN integration will be shared by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), in Hanoi, on Thursday 4 September.

Labour migration

Journalists share experience in communicating labour migration

The two-day event aims to promote safe labour migration through sharing journalists’ experience and skills in reporting the issues.

ILO Meeting to discuss ways to improve skills development in Asia-Pacific

An International Labour Organization (ILO) meeting is expected to roll out new action plans to improve skills development in Asia and the Pacific.

Labour market

Youth unemployment on the rise

Viet Nam’s latest quarterly Labour Market Update shows one in five young people aged 20-24 with a university degree is jobless.

Opinion

Domestic work, work like any other

Opinion by Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia-Pacific