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Landmark treaty for domestic workers comes into force This historic ILO Convention gives domestic workers the same rights as other workers

The International Labour Organization’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) comes into force on 5 September 2013, extending basic labour rights to domestic workers around the globe.

Trade union leaders meet to discuss informal employment

The Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-PERC) in cooperation with the ILO organized a subregional meeting for trade union leaders focusing on informal employment. The meeting took place in Kyrgyzstan’s...

Sexual harassment

Spreading the message on sexual harassment in Jordan’s garment factories

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is helping to combat sexual harassment in garment factories in Jordan, through its Better Work programme.

Making entrepreneurship a real option for young people in the Pacific

The ILO promotes the importance of entrepreneurship education as part of a lifelong learning strategy, that can contribute to increasing the employability of young people by building an entrepreneurial mind-set, positive attitudes, self-confidence,...

Recognizing workers skills in Samoa

The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour and the Apprenticeship Council of Samoa have been running a trade testing scheme, offering workers who achieved their present status in their job by experience only, a platform to obtain formal...

Promoting creative industries through business awareness in schools in Kiribati

Through the UN One Fund initiative in Kiribati, the ILO in collaboration with UNESCO identified the opportunity to promote creative industries in schools. This initiative was welcomed by ILO tripartite partners and youth stakeholders in Kiribati.

Private sector survey in Vanuatu

The largest ever private sector survey of business in Port Vila has been completed by the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). The ILO has supported VCCI with this project and will continue to do so as a position paper is developed by...

Official visit

ILO head in Latin America: More, but also better jobs are needed

Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, highlighted the need to turn informal employment into decent jobs in the formal sector. He spoke during a Latin America visit that took him to Buenos Aires and Lima.

Safety at work

Turning computer junk into jobs

Vast amounts of electrical and electronic waste end up in developing countries where the recycling methods are often hazardous. Integrating informal e-waste operations into the formal sector can help make the process safer, according to an ILO study...

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.

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.

Way Out of Informality - Project launching

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) and ILO, jointly hosted a national tripartite workshop to launch the project and facilitate policy dialogue amongst the stakeholders to prioritize policies and interventions during its implementation...

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.

Light Engineering units enhance competitiveness with ILO’s ‘SCORE’ programme

Enterprises from India’s Faridabad, Ahmednagar and Chennai will be sharing productivity gains as a result of ILO-SCORE training.

Light Engineering units enhance competitiveness with ILO’s ‘SCORE’ programme

To be held in Ahmednagar on 5 December 2012.

University of the South Pacific and the ILO pilot Community Based Enterprise Development Programme

The Aspiring Entrepreneurs component of the Community Based Enterprise Development (C-BED) was piloted at the Regional Centre for Continued Community Education (RCCCE) of USP.

Project "Way out of Informality" signed

On 29 November 2012, the Ministry of Finance and the ILO Nepal signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the Project “Way Out of Informality”. The five years Project, funded by the Government of Japan, will cover Nepal, India and Bangladesh, and...

Minister of Labour, Mr Jone Usamate's opening statement at the Fiji National Employment Creation Policy workshop

28th November 2012 the Fiji Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment and the ILO jointly hosted a three day technical training workshop for senior Government officials, employers workers and academia to explore not only the technical...

Papua New Guinea moves to establishing a National Employment Policy

The Papua New Guinea Government has prioritized the development of a new National Employment Policy to implement ILO Convention 122.

Fiji National Employment Creation Policy workshop

In November 2012 the Fiji Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment and the ILO jointly hosted a three day technical training workshop for senior Government officials, employers workers and academia to explore not only the technical...