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Korea ratifies three ILO Conventions

The Government of Korea ratified the Unemployment Convention, 1919 (No. 2), Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935 (No. 47) and Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139).

Labour inspectors undergo ILO OSH training

Labour inspectors of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago will undergo training on occupational safety and health by the International Labour Office (ILO) for the Caribbean

Yerevan hosts second national conference on social partnership

On October 11-12 the second national conference on social partnership, with a central theme “Social Partnership and Occupational Safety and Health” took place in Yerevan at the initiative of the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia.

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World Congress calls for a renewed commitment to build a preventative safety and health culture

The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – the largest gathering of health and safety experts in the history of the Congress – held its closing session on Thursday, concluding that decent work is safe work and calling for a renewed...

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Questions and Answers on global trends and challenges on occupational safety and health

The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work to be held in Istanbul on 11-15 September provides a major forum to discuss the latest safety and health challenges in the world of work. ILO Online spoke with Seiji Machida, Director of the ILO’s...

XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work to focus on building healthier and safer workplaces

The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – the world’s largest gathering of health and safety experts – opened in Istanbul with the aim of strengthening global commitment to a culture of safety and health at work amid the ongoing...

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XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work: 11-15 September 2011

Some 3,000 policy-makers, experts, industry and labour leaders from over 100 countries are to gather in Istanbul, Turkey, from 11-15 September for the XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.

Viet Nam acknowledges ILO contributions on labour, invalids and social affairs

Ms Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard, Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Country for Viet Nam, was awarded a medal to acknowledge her strong commitment and ILO’s contributions to labour, invalids and social affairs in Viet Nam. The medal was...

Exploratory Study to Identify Workload Factors that have an Impact on Health and Safety – A Case Study in the Service Sector

The IRSST just published an exploratory study that try to further understanding of workload by examining work activity within a dynamic context involving individuals, their occupational activities and their organizational environment. The IRSST is a...

ICEM, ILO Conduct Mine Safety Seminar in Tbilisi, Georgia

The impact of pesticide exposure on child labourers in agriculture

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO held a side event during the conference (on 22 June at 13:00) to highlight the impact of pesticide exposure on children, and child labourers in particular....

ILO hosts OSHE training workshop for OECS labour inspectors

The Workshop is one of the activities of the ILO's Programme on Occupational Safety and Health and Environment (OSHE) in the Caribbean which was initiated in January 2011.

ILO & Singapore Ministry of Manpower sign partnership agreement to improve labour and workplace practices

The ILO and the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) have signed a two-year Partnership Agreement to improve human resource development and workplace practices in the ASEAN region.

Tajikistan’s trainers learn how to organize occupational risk assessment trainings

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Monitoring hazardous child labour in Tajikistan

Labour inspectors often find it difficult to reach out to informal economy workplaces where hazardous child labour occurs most frequently. According to this year’s ILO report for World Day Against Child Labour, child labour monitoring (CLM) systems...

World Day Against Child Labour 2011 – ILO calls for urgent action against hazardous forms of child labour

In a new report issued for World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warns that a staggeringly high number of children are still caught in hazardous work – some 115 million of the world’s 215 million child labourers...

World Day against Child Labour, 12 June 2011

From child labourer to child advocate: How Rodel succeeded in leaving the mineshaft

More than half (53 per cent) of the 215 million child labourers worldwide do hazardous work. While their number is increasing among older children, aged 15-17, progress is being made for younger children, aged 5-14, says the latest ILO report on...

Questions and answers on Children in hazardous work

The 2011 World Day Against Child Labour will provide a global spotlight on hazardous child labour. The ILO’s most recent global estimate is that 115 million children are involved in hazardous work. This is work that by its nature or the...

Cotonou: 7th Forum of Workplace Safety and Health Committees

ILO signs US$1,300,000 partnership with Korean Government

The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have announced their intention to sign an agreement that will enable two new projects to get underway.