All news: migrant workers, social protection
COVID-19: Social protection coverage
Plug social protection gaps in developing countries to prevent future crises, ILO says
Strengthened and comprehensive social protection systems will lessen the impact of crises such as COVID-19.
COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes
Helping the “double casualties” of COVID-19
The spread of COVID-19 in fragile states riven by conflict and political insecurity, is turning millions of vulnerable people into double casualties of the pandemic.
COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
Protect workers both now and after lockdowns ease, says ILO
The International Labour Organization warns that without adequate safeguards for returning workers there could be a second wave of the virus.
COVID-19: Relying on social dialogue for solutions
The COVID-19 crisis: A wake-up call to strengthen social protection systems
Countries with effective health and social protection systems are better prepared to respond to the pandemic.
COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
COVID-19 cruelly highlights inequalities and threatens to deepen them
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already existing inequalities – from catching the virus, to staying alive, to coping with its dramatic economic consequences. Policy responses must ensure that support reaches the workers and enterprises who...
Towards an IGAD common approach to migrant workers protection: Regional guidelines for bilateral labour agreements
Promoting key ILO conventions and fair recruitment guidelines related to labour migration in Ethiopia
SADC Employment Labour Sector
Namibia set to take over from South Africa as Chair of the SADC Summit and the Employment and Labour Sector
As Namibia prepares to take over the reins of SADC Summit, the Employment and Labour Sector (ELS) is meeting to discuss the regional body’s progress on implementing plans on employment and labour. A capacity building workshop on extending social...
Social protection
More long-term care services for the elderly needed in Central-Eastern Europe
ILO study highlights shortage of quality long-term services for older people in the region while a significant number of female migrant workers move to Western Europe to fill existing gaps. We asked Kenichi Hirose, co-author of the research with...
Discrimination at work
ILO: 90 per cent of domestic workers excluded from social protection
New ILO study highlights huge decent work deficits for domestic workers throughout the world.
OIC member-states adopt action plan
The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Framework Document on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ended in Baku on June 18.
Microinsurance
The win-win potential of microinsurance for migrants
International migrants send home over US$ 400 billion a year, yet they and their families often lack basic social protection. That is where microinsurance can step in.
Saving for the future, protecting migrant workers and their families
In the Philippines, migrant workers are covered by insurance but coverage excludes their family members. Often savings are used up when family members suffer from illness or die. Pioneer Life created an Overseas Filipino Workers Savers and Wellness...
Media for Labour Rights 2010 reporting award. "Filipino domestic workers : the struggle for justice and survival"
The Third Annual Media for Labour Rights feature-writing prize has been awarded to Nina Corpuz, a journalist from the Philippines, for an article on domestic workers and the threats of trafficking and abuse that they face. The award is given by the...
Opening remarks at the National Tripartite Consultation on Decent Work for Domestic Workers
By Ms Sutassanee Suebwongpat, Inspector-General, Ministry of Labour, Royal Thai Government
Migration and HIV: They never give up
There are many sad stories to be found among the migrant workers who seek their fortunes overseas. Sometimes the reality turns out to be far removed from the dream. Some come home injured and traumatized by rape, others return empty-handed because...