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Labour migration

SAARC commits to helping migrant workers

By Yoshiteru Uramoto, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Workers of SAARC, unite

Op Ed published in The Kathmandu Post

SAARC commits to helping migrant workers

By Yoshiteru Uramoto, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Anna Engblom, Chief Technical Advisor, South Asia Labour Migration Governance Project (funded by the...

Launch of the International labour migration statistics database for ASEAN

The ILMS Database is the first of its kind in the region. It provides a coherent and powerful research tool for policymakers and others to profile and monitor the international migrant labour force within the region.

Trade unions to promote decent work for domestic workers and elimination of child domestic labor

Key trade unions representatives from 11 countries will gather at the Regional Trade Union Workshop in Yogyakarta, to discuss innovative ways to reduce child domestic labor through the promotion of decent work for domestic workers.

New Report

Despite some progress, garment factories need to strengthen fire safety

The latest report by Better Work Vietnam showed that fire safety works in major garment factories in the South have yet to meet the national and international standards despite certain progress.

Job creation

Employment-intensive investment in Bangladesh

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme activities in Bangladesh

Youth employment

Innovative Career Guidance to connect the dots for better jobs for young people

An Innovative Career Guidance Package tailor-made for Viet Nam has been introduced in a hope to help young people make the right choices for their own future.

News Item

ILO specialists praised by the Government

Two former ILO specialists have been awarded special medals by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs for their outstanding contributions to Viet Nam.

Supplement to the ILO's Global Wage Report 2014/15

Asia-Pacific wage growth dynamic but uneven, new ILO report says

The Asia and Pacific Supplement looks at the region in more detail. It includes special sections on Asia’s garment sector, China’s private enterprises, Thailand’s manufacturing sector, India’s rural workers and the Pacific Island countries.

Farmers win $12,000 in competition to start businesses

The International Labour Organization announced the three winners of the “Business Plan Competition” for their innovative business plans on 5 December.

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...

Domestic worker

No one should work this way – ending the abuse of Asian domestic workers

There are more than 52 million domestic workers worldwide but the vast majority are unprotected by labour laws. This leaves them open to – sometimes terrible – abuse and exploitation. The journalist Karen Emmons worked with the photographer Steve...

ILO welcomes 'landmark' SAARC labour migration commitments

The ILO welcomes Kathmandu Declaration committing to improve labour migration processes.

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

Social protection

ASEAN countries outline recommendations for extending social protection

A list of recommendations for establishing social protection floors and extending social security to the informal economy in ASEAN countries, have been rolled out by representatives of governments’, workers’ and employers’.

Domestic workers

FCCT to exhibit Steve McCurry photos of abused domestic workers

An exhibition of photos of abused domestic workers by American photographer Steve McCurry will open at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) on 21 November 2014.

L20 Summit - Session VI

A G20 strategy for reducing unemployment and income inequality

Remarks by Sandra Polaski Deputy Director-General for Policy, ILO