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Pay Equity

Jordan launches national pay equity initiative

The ILO and Jordan’s National Committee on Pay Equity endorse an action plan to ensure equal pay between women and men in the country.

Training of trainers towards flexible training approaches

The ILO project “Livelihood Restoration, Protection and Sustainable Empowerment of Vulnerable Peasant Communities in Sindh Province” (LRP) in collaboration with International Training Center (ITC-ILO) organized the first Training of Trainers (TOT)...

Jordan annual garment buyers forum calls for improved working conditions

Better Work Jordan’s International Buyers’ Forum sees record turnout amid calls for better working conditions in Jordan’s garment sector.

ILO study

Syrian refugees in Lebanon face harsh working conditions

An ILO assessment of Syrian refugee employment in Lebanon finds that low wages, high unemployment and lack of labour market regulation pose serious challenges to livelihoods for both residents and refugees in host communities.

Kuwait contributes US$500,000 to support ILO activities in the occupied Palestinian territory

The State of Kuwait grants the ILO half a million US dollars bringing the State’s total contributions dedicated to promoting decent work and social justice in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Arab States to US$3 million since 2009.

Philippines

The daily struggle of a Haiyan widow

Jobs are the top priority for many of those whose livelihoods were shattered by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The situation is particularly challenging for women who lost their husbands and became head of household overnight.

Fragile States and post-crisis recovery and reconstruction

ILO signs agreement with g7+ group of fragile States

On 20 March 2014, during a High-Level Meeting on Decent Work in Fragile States, the ILO and the g7+ group signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a partnership for cooperation in job creation, skills development, social protection, SSTC, migration,...

Decent work in fragile States

ILO, Somalia sign agreement to promote decent work

ILO body adopts new minimum monthly wage for seafarers

The mechanism is the only one in the ILO for setting the basic wage for any industry.

From Jordan

Building livelihood resilience amidst a refugee crisis

The ILO’s efforts to build the employment and livelihoods of Jordanian communities hosting Syrian refugees have begun to bear fruit.

Maritime Labour Convention

ILO body adopts new minimum monthly wage for seafarers

The mechanism is the only one in the ILO for setting the basic wage for any industry.

ILO body adopts new minimum monthly wage for seafarers

On February 28, the Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (JMC) of the International Labour Organization agreed on a Resolution raising the minimum monthly basic wage figure for able seafarers from US$585 to US$592, as...

Kazakhstan’s Labour Ministry and ILO to develop new approaches to calculating minimum subsistence level

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population together with the ILO plan to develop new approaches to methods of calculating the minimum subsistence level, chairman of the statistics agency Alikhan Smailov said on February 17.

New ILO Publication

Inequality is not inevitable

A new ILO book shows that the growing gap between rich and poor is only partially associated with technological change. The divide is mostly the result of economic and institutional policies that preceded the global economic and social crisis and...

2014 Global Employment Trends

Economic recovery producing profits, not jobs

A weak global recovery has failed to create jobs, but is yielding considerable profits for many businesses, a new report says.

Kazakh parliament starts working on ratification of two ILO wage conventions

On January 29, the Majilis, lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament, started working on ratification of two ILO conventions – the Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) and the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95).

Average wages in Kazakhstan rise by 7.6 per cent in 2013

Average salary of workers in Kazakhstan was 137,043 tenge [about 890 dollars] in December 2013, which is an increase of 7.6 per cent compared with December 2012.

Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines

Haiyan survivors see hope in long-term employment

Restoring livelihoods is a priority for workers affected by Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines on 8 November killing thousands of people and leaving millions homeless and jobless. As the recovery gathers pace, people are looking for...

Income inequality

Collective bargaining essential to overcome global income inequalities

An international workers’ meeting ended in Geneva on 13 December with a call for strengthening workers’ rights to reduce growing inequalities.

Income Inequality

Trade unions to discuss income inequality at ILO meeting

Trade union leaders, ILO experts and scholars from around the globe will analyse the impact that high levels of income inequality are having on workers worldwide.