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Asia-Pacific needs to create more, better jobs says new employment trends report by ILO

The weak global economic recovery failed to translate into an improvement in the world’s labour markets in 2013, and as global unemployment worsened the largest increases came in East Asia and South Asia, according to a new report by the...

ILO to publish annual report on global employment trends

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch its annual report, “Global Employment Trends 2014” (GET) on Wednesday 22 January.

Matching jobseekers with jobs in Cambodia

A new project to expand job services and improve labour market information was launched in Cambodia today. The project is executed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with funding from the People’s Republic of China.

Workers' activities

Initiatives to put trade unions to the new height

Pilot programmes to strengthen the role and capacity of upper-level trade unions in the country’s select industrial hubs will be launched in the northern port city of Hai Phong on 14 January.

Rural youth employment

Good careers come from young people’s own interest and aptitude: ILO

Skills mismatch on Viet Nam’s youth labour markets has become a persistent trend whereas over-education and over-skilling coexist with under-education and under-skilling. More than 400 young people and 100 parents from the rural suburbs of Hanoi...

Gender at work

Private sector active in fighting sexual harassment at workplaces

A number of enterprises have taken the lead in preventing and combating sexual harassment at the workplace since this sensitive issue for the first time was prohibited in the amended Labour Code 2012 which started effect on 1 May 2013.

Analysis

How will ASEAN regional integration affect labour migration in Viet Nam?

By Sally Barber and Max Tunon, International Labour Organization, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

International Migrants Day - 18 December 2013

Promote and protect the rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants

Joint statement by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Navi Pillay.

International Migrants Day (18 December)

Rural residents to learn about safe migration

Public events will be organized in target rural areas to enhance self-protection skills and understanding about safe migration and support services available to prevent migrant workers from falling victim to labour exploitation and human trafficking.

ILO supports the Saphan Siang Campaign event for International Migrants Day

In observance of International Migrants Day (18 December), a youth event will be held on 17 December at Thammasat University. At the event, young Thais will debate on migrant worker issues, and the Saphan Siang Youth Ambassadors Programme will be...

Analysis

Middle-class jobs put Viet Nam on the road to economic recovery

By Phu Huynh, Labour Economist, International Labour Organization, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Social dialogue

Better talk leads to better work

As Viet Nam prepares for a major expansion of international trade – with the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Free Trade Agreement negotiations – a new system for worker-employer relations in garment factories is helping to pave the way to improved...

ILO: Youth employment is a major challenge for young people in the Pacific

ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto highlighted that youth employment is a major challenge, faced by young people in the Pacific, when he addressed the 3rd Meeting of the Pacific Youth...

Int'l Day for Persons with Disability

Corporate Social Responsibility – “Promote Disability Inclusion, Expand Businesses”

Promoting job opportunities for People with Disabilities is not only the key for people with disability to participate in the community but also contribute to businesses to expand.

Sports and youth employment

In the Pacific region, sport plays a very important role in life. Youth unemployment is also rampant. Linking sports to youth employment could bring about positive results as young peoples’ skills in sports can be useful at work.

Japan allocates US$500,000 to help typhoon Haiyan livelihood recovery

The Government of Japan and the ILO have allocated US$500,000 to help support the post-Haiyan response in the Philippines. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan has provided the funds under the ILO/Japan Fund for Building Social Safety...

ILO to launch new report on employment and HIV/AIDS treatment

ILO encourages workers to know their HIV satus at the 11th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)

The ILO is organizing and participating in a series of events to highlight the importance of workplace actions and policies to ensure workplaces are free from stigma and discrimination and encourage workers to know their HIV status at the occasion...

Migration

Viet Nam tightens control over contracts for labour migration

With ILO support, the Vietnamese Government regulates contracts and deposits for overseas work to protect workers and minimize risks for recruitment agencies.

Non-discrimination

Training future lawyers to ensure justice for people with disabilities

Good lawyers with knowledge, right attitudes and perspectives about persons with disabilities can help break barriers and open doors for them to the workplaces and the whole society .