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Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts and figures for South-East Asia & the Pacific

Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts and figures for East Asia

Global Employment Trends 2013: Global unemployment rising again but with significant differences across regions

Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, labour markets remain deeply depressed. Unemployment has started to rise again as the economic outlook worsens.

ILO to publish annual report on global employment trends and the jobs crisis

The ILO is to launch its annual report, “Global Employment Trends 2013” (GET) on Tuesday 22 January.

National child labor committee adopts good practices criteria to end child labour

The National Child Labor Committee unanimously voted to adopt good practices criteria in programmes to eliminate and prevent child labour in the Philippines.

ILO staff awarded Commemorative Medal by Viet Nam’s trade union

ILO Programme Officer Nguyen Hoang Ha was awarded Commemorative Medal for “Cause of Building Trade Union Movement” by President of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, Dang Ngoc Tung, on 18 January.

Lao People's Democratic Republic launches the first national skills standards

The first national skills standards for the Lao People's Democratic Republic were launched in Vientiane, focusing on the construction and automotive industries. The standards were developed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare with the...

Lao PDR Luanches First Labour Force and Child Labour Surveys.

The first surveys of the labour force and child labour in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) were launched in Vientiane today by the Government of Lao PDR with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Labour standards

Domestic workers deserve a better deal

Op-ed by Malte Luebker, ILO Senior Regional Wage Specialist, published in the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) on 12 January 2013.

More than 52 million domestic workers worldwide, no official records for Viet Nam

Millions of domestic workers around the world remain excluded from protection enjoyed by other workers, says a new ILO report. Viet Nam still has no official records on domestic workers even though this group is growing in the labour force.

Asia leads world in domestic worker numbers, but legal protection, working conditions lag

More than 21 million people across Asia and the Pacific – 80 per cent of them women – are employed as domestic workers, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Migrant workers

Fighting forced labour with education

Nepalese women migrating as domestic workers often risk falling prey to human trafficking. A little knowledge can go a long way towards reducing their vulnerability.

ILO to launch global report on domestic workers

A new report on the conditions of domestic workers worldwide will be launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 17:00 Bangkok Time (10:00 GMT).

Post-conflict recovery

ILO helps Sri Lanka war victims pick up the pieces

Fishermen who lost their boats during Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war are back at sea. Farmers are learning to get better yields and war widows are running businesses. A look at how an ILO project is helping victims of the bitter conflict.

Viet Nam needs practical guidance to protect domestic workers

Viet Nam has made a good start in the area of domestic workers by its coverage in the amended Labour Code but specific circumstances of this group require more detailed guidance to make the new law doable, the ILO has said.

Nearly 1 million out of work, stronger job creation needed

Nearly 1 million workers remain unemployed as the economy couldn’t create enough jobs for both new entrants to the labour force and the existing jobless, according to the Labour Force Survey Report 2012. Launched in Hanoi on 18 December by the...

Global Wage Report 2012/2013

Is it the end of a low-wage production model in China?

China’s long-held position as a country of cheap goods based on low-wage labour looks set to change, with wages rising sharply across the board, according to the latest ILO Global Wage Report.

Worker’s rights

Migrant workers in Jordan are making their voices heard

As the world marks International Migrants Day on December 18, ILO News looks at the impact of legislation allowing migrant workers in Jordan to join trade unions.

Wages in Asia outperform other regions - new ILO report

Wages in Asia have outperformed those in most other parts of the world, including the Western economies, according to a new report from the ILO. Between 2000 and 2011 wages in Asia almost doubled. Globally real average monthly wages grew by just...

Viet Nam’s wage growth increases despite continuing global slowdown

Viet Nam has experienced robust wage growth while a new ILO report shows a worse slowdown in global wages. The country, however, still needs to address many challenges, including the informal economy, low productivity and widening gender pay gap.