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Domestic workers

Chile ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention

Chile is the nineteenth ILO member State and the tenth member State from the Latin and Central American region to ratify this instrument

Latin America and the Caribbean assume the commitment to completely end child labour

The Focal Points Network of the “Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”, launched its first face-to-face meeting in Brasilia

From Chile

Hiring people with disabilities is not charity; it’s good for business

The ILO and Chilean employers are working together to raise awareness of the positive impact that people with disabilities (*) can have on enterprises.

From Chile

Indigenous communities take their place in the HIV battle

The ILO and indigenous communities in Chile team up to battle discrimination and implement HIV guidelines in the transport sector.

Facing the Crisis in Europe: Reflections on the case of Chile

Chile: Fiscal policy and employment. The contingency programme against unemployment

Chile: Unemployment insurance: more protection in a context of crisis

Minimum-wage setting in times of crisis

Press release

ILO Director-General celebrates rescue operation of trapped Chilean miners

The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Juan Somavia, has expressed his deep emotion over the rescue operation to free the 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months in a mine in northern Chile.

Statement

ILO Director-General Juan Somavia expresses his emotion over the rescue operation of Chilean miners

The Director-General of ILO, Juan Somavia, has issued a statement expressing his emotion over the rescue operation to free the 33 miners that have been trapped underground for more than two months in the San José mine, in Chile.

Social Protection Floor

Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet heads global panel to promote social protection

Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet presided over the first meeting of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, held in Geneva on 11 and 12 August and convened by the ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia.

Social protection is key to taking up the decent work challenge, says President of Chile

Social protection is an essential tool for responding to “the challenge of decent work in an ever more uncertain world”, H.E. Ms. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, told government, employer and worker delegates from all over the world here...