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ILO to publish global wage report 2012/13

A new report on trends in wages worldwide will be released by the ILO. The Global Wage Report analyses average real wages across the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends and relative purchasing power across the world and by region. The...

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ILO to launch 2012/13 edition of Global Wage Report

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to launch its new report on the state of wages around the world.

Post 2015 Development Agenda

Beyond the MDGs: It’s all about jobs and livelihoods

As the debate on the post-Millennium Development Goals agenda gathers pace, the ILO says the most pressing priorities are job creation and social protection.

World Teachers Day

Teachers struggle to be top of the class

Teachers face severe challenges in different parts of the world and are still under pressure to produce results. As the profession marks World Teachers Day, two teachers working thousands of miles apart tell their stories.

Lilis Suryani: “I want to share my knowledge and skills with my communities”

The aftermath of the tsunami which hit the Mentawai Islands in 2010 had significant impact on local communities of Mentawai, including Lilis Suryani and her family. It became very difficult to attain a decent income as the residents from her village...

Building disaster-resilient communities in the Philippines

Helping disaster survivors get back to work and support their families is a vital part of rebuilding lives and communities. At the same time these programmes – such as that run for survivors of Tropical Storm Washi in the Philippines - can help...

Tajik president issues decree raising wages, pensions, scholarships

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has issued a decree increasing the minimum wage in all fields of the country's economy by a factor of 2.5 as of 1 January 2013, the privately-owned Tajik news agency Asia-Plus website reported on 15 August.

Wage cuts may hurt growth

Cutting wages tends to increase competitiveness but can also hurt economic growth as it decreases domestic consumption, the International Labour Organization has warned.

A new social contract for Europe?

Questions and answers with Vasco Pedrina, author of “The Eurocrisis and the European trade union movement.

100 days after Sendong: Time to restore livelihoods through decent jobs

One hundred days after Sendong, many storm-affected individuals are in search of decent jobs to rebuild their lives and to restore their livelihoods. Regie Loyola, 29, was one of the 624,000 people whose livelihoods had been affected when Tropical...

The dispute over minimum wages in Indonesia: Who's to decide how much is enough?

An opinion-editorial by Tauvik Muhamad, Programme Officer, ILO-Jakarta, raising key questions regarding minimum wage mechanisms and fixing-systems. The opinion article was published by the Jakarta Globe on 26 March.

After the storm: Rebuilding livelihoods in the Philippines

Natural disasters destroy livelihoods but the aftermath also offers opportunities to create jobs and revitalise the economy as there will be high demand for construction and other recovery works. For the last ten years, the ILO has engaged in...

Danish translation of the guide: "Promoting Equity, Gender-neutral job evaluation for equal pay. A step-by-step guide. Lige løn for lige...

Ray of hope – Ramayees’s story

Fishing had been the mainstay of Ramayee and her husband Kandeeban of the tiny coastal hamlet of Oyalikuppam before that fateful day in December 2004 when giant waves of Tsunami washed away their home and virtually everything they owned including...

Azerbaijan introduces new mechanism to determine minimum wage

Within the framework of the second phase of Azerbaijan’s state programme for ensuring decent work new mechanisms and standards to determine a minimum wage will be established, Labour and Social Protection Minister Fizuli Alakbarov said in his...

Statement by Ministers of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment, Roads and Transport, Public Works and Labour made during the...

Message at the Turn-over of the birthing station in Mulanay

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Mulanay, Quezon, Philippines

Message at the Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with partners of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour...

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Quezon Province, Philippines

Wage policy in Thailand

Opinion editorial by Jiyuan Wang, Director, ILO Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic International Labour Organization.

Tajik leader orders increase in wages, pensions, stipends

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has ordered an increase in budget-funded wages, pensions and student stipends, the Tajik TV's First Channel reported on 3 August.