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Kiribati prepares for implementation of new labour laws
“The new act repeals and replaces the Employment Ordinance (1977), Industrial Relations Act (1988) and the Trade Union Act, aligns to ILO conventions and modernises employment practices to respond to changing labour market in Kiribati”, said Ms...
Employment services starts with 18 skilled workers securing jobs in Australia
The recently established National Career Counselling & Employment Center (NCCEC) within the TVET section of the Kiribati Ministry of Labour & Human Resource Development has already facilitated the departure of 18 skilled workers for the hospitality...
News
Youths in Agriculture undergo business training in Kiribati
The ILO in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Kiribati Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) delivered a Start & Improve Your Business (SIYB) training for 20 youths engaged in the national youth in agriculture initiative.
Honorable Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development, Kiribati, speech at the 105th International Labour Conference, Geneva,...
Speech by Mr. Ruatek Tekaira, Honorable Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development , Kiribati
International Migrants Day
How Kiribati manages the impacts of climate displacement through labour migration
The ILO estimates that there are more than 150 million migrant workers in today’s world. Climate change may increase this number in the coming years, raising the need for improved migration management as exemplified by the small Pacific island...
Labour Migration
Film highlighting climate change and migration launched
“The Land Beyond the Horizon” captures the stories of Pacific islanders whose lands and livelihoods are threatened by climate change, as well as those who have had to relocate to other countries, and discusses the impacts on their lives, cultures,...
Labour standards
New Package of Labour and Occupational Safety and Health Law Passed in Kiribati
New labour legislation passed in Kiribati in August has significantly raised the profile of international labour standards and made major changes to the governance of labour relations in the country.
Promoting decent work for older out-of-school children in or at risk of child labour
The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries in conjunction with the International Training Centre for the ILO (ITC-ILO) conducted a Sub-Regional Skills and Livelihood Training for Older Out-Of-School Children in Child Labour or At Risk in the...
Domestic workers
ILO Pacific Office and UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office Celebrate Anniversary of the Adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and Recommendation No. 201. These new standards, adopted in June 2011, are a strong recognition of the economic and social value of domestic work...
EU, ILO and ESCAP launch first ever labour Migration Statistics Guide for the Pacific Region
The guide explains key concepts relevant to international labour migration statistics and makes concrete recommendations on how Pacific Island countries can move towards a harmonized system for collection and analysis of timely, accurate and...
EU and UN Partner to Support Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru on Labour Migration Research
Representatives from Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu are gaining the skills needed to tap into decent foreign employment opportunities at a workshop on Foreign Employment Research and Promotion which opened in Suva today. The three-day workshop is funded...
ILO Social Partners sharing knowledge on Child Labour in the Pacific
The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries successfully concluded a four day forum in Nadi on 16th of April, 2015 with commitments made by tripartite stakeholders to collaborate and work on the child labour issues in their respective countries.
Kiribati Develops a draft action plan to eliminate the worst forms of Child Labour
This technical support by the ILO is part of the ILO’s Pacific sub-regional project on child labour and trafficking that is built on experiences of the TACKLE (Tackling child labour through education) project funded by the European Union.
ILO to promote decent work in Small Island Developing States at SIDS Conference in Samoa
ILO Supports seven young people to participate at the SIDS Youth Forum
The International Labour Organization this week announced seven young people to take part in the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Youth Forum to take place on the 28th of August 2014 in Apia, Samoa
ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries launches report “Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States -...
To mark International Youth Day, The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Pacific Island Countries have launched a report, entitled “Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States”.
Improving data collection of labour statistics (including labour migration statistics)in Pacific Island Countries
The ILO in collaboration with partners, UNESCAP and SPC has completed a sub-regional technical workshop on labour and migration statistics for Pacific Island Countries. This technical workshop took place from 28 July to 1 August 2014 in Nadi, Fiji...
Speech at event of the Labour Law Reform Final Report Launch in Papua New Guinea
Speech by the Director ILO Office for the Pacific Island Countries
Seafarers
Kiribati ratifies ILO’s Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention
Kiribati becomes the third member States from the Pacific region, after Marshall Islands and Vanuatu, to ratify the Convention.
ILO Director-General Report Stimulates Debate on Fair Labour Migration
Migration is a key aspect of the world of work in the Pacific. Of all world regions, the Pacific has the highest per capita level of international mobility amongst its resident populations, especially those in Polynesia and Micronesia.