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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.

Labour migration

New recommendations for reintegrating returning migrants

Migrants returning to their home countries need more comprehensive help to reintegrate successfully in their communities.

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

ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Visits India

ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Yoshiteru Uramoto visits India.

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.

Employment services

ILO Thai Twitter account launched

The ILO tweets in Thai. Follow ILO ภาษาไทย @ILOThai

Small Island Developing States

Decent work and sustainability intertwined for small states battling climate change

The international community has just concluded its discussion in Samoa about small island developing states, with decent work for all emerging as a key commitment, writes Bob Kyloh, senior ILO economist, who attended the conference.

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.

Skills

The road to entrepreneurship

Than Wai Aung, a Myanmar migrant worker in Thailand, turned himself from a construction worker into a mushroom entrepreneur with the help of the ILO's C-BED business skills training.

International Labour Organization (ILO) welcomes US/Myanmar announcement on labour market collaboration

With the ILO's technical support,the Governments of the United States and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar will work together to support the promotion of fundamental labour rights and practices in Myanmar.

Blog article

From rights to duties in protecting people against forced labour: Some observations from Myanmar and the ILC Forced Labour Committee

By Piyamal Pichaiwongse, Deputy Liaison Officer, ILO Yangon

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.

ASEAN Economic Community

Can the AEC 2015 deliver for ASEAN’s people?

This is the op-ed for the Regional Launch of the joint ILO-ADB study: "ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity" in Jakarta on 20 August 2014.

ASEAN report launch

Launch of new study on labour market effects of AEC 2015

A new study on how labour markets will be affected by deeper ASEAN integration will be launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), in Jakarta, on Wednesday 20 August.

Employment services

ILO Training to boost employment services in Asia-Pacific

Boosting employability, improving access to labour markets, and promoting employment in six Asia Pacific countries, is the focus of a five-day employment services training being organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Bangkok.

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.

Workers’ rights

India: 11 unions oppose moves to weaken union organising

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.