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Skills Recognition for Migrant Workers (Project fact sheet)
The ILO/Korea Partnership Programme’s work on the skills recognition for migrant workers dates back to 2006. The main objective of this project is to develop a more inclusive, flexible, accessible and transparent system for skills recognition that...
Promoting Occupational Safety and Health in Asia and the Pacific (Project fact sheet)
ILO/Korea Partnership Programme aims to strengthen national occupational safety and health (OSH) systems in the region, including labour inspections, occupational injury reporting, training, information and national OSH campaigns.
Lao-Korea National Skills Standards Development in the Construction, Automotive & ICT Sectors (Project fact sheet)
This project aims to support Lao DPR’s commitment in skills development; work with the construction sector started in 2009 and expanded to the automotive and ICT (information and communications technology) sectors in 2011 and 2013, respectively. The...
Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 56
The organization of working time and its effects in the health services sector: A comparative analysis of Brazil, South Africa and the...
Remittance services in the Republic of Korea
This study focuses on remittance channels and services in the Republic of Korea and their associated cost, accessibility, reliability, speed, and transparency.
Dual dimensions of non-regular work and SMEs in the Republic of Korea: Country case study on labour market segmentation
Employment Working Paper No. 148
Employment policy implementation mechanisms in the Republic of Korea
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 158
Employment policy implementation mechanisms: A synthesis based on country studies
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 161
Labour shortages, foreign migrant recruitment and the portability of qualifications in East and South-East Asia
This paper examines labour shortages, admission of foreign workers and the portability of qualifications in Japan, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Thailand.
Republic of Korea: Development of National Employment Policies through Two Economic Crises
The purpose of the study is to (i) document employment policies that the Republic of Korea implemented to cope with two economic crises (1997 and 2008); (ii) extract policy lessons which could be useful to other countries; and (iii) review the...
Policy guide
Strengthening the role of employment injury schemes to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases
The aim of this guide is to provide policy recommendations for future direction in the area of employment injury schemes. The guide is targeted at national authorities dealing with occupational safety and health (OSH).
Research on occupational safety and health for migrant workers in five Asia and the Pacific countries: Australia, Republic of Korea,...
This working paper presents trends and facts relevant to the five target countries’ OSH environments for migrant workers, with the long term aim of raising awareness of workplace safety for migrant labour forces and instilling the significance of...
Working Paper No. 104 - Inequality in Crisis and Recovery: Revealing the Divides The case of the Republic of Korea
Radiation safety and protection of workers in nuclear and radiological emergency operations
Workers working in response to the emergency at the site of the Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear plant are exposed to traditional OSH risks including explosion and fire as well as to radiation. The International Basic Safety Standards for Protection...
Pioneering a system of migration management in Asia – The Republic of Korea’s employment permit system approach to decent work
The ILO/Korea Partnership Programme’s Labour Migration projects brochure explains its work and achievements on labour migration management towards the Asian Decent Work agenda in the region.
The Korean labour market: some historical macroeconomic perspectives
Employment Working Paper No. 59
Skills for green jobs in the Republic of Korea
Background country study
The ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network: Good occupational safety and health practices 2008/2009
This publication is a compilation of the many good OSH practices in terms of national OSH frameworks, enforcement, outreach, training and research developed in recent years in ASEAN member countries.
ESS Paper Series No. 1
Achieving health insurance for all. Lessons from the Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea [Kwon, 2002] which has gradually extended compulsory health insurance to all workers over a period of 12 years (from 1977 to 1989): wage earners of large corporations with more than 500 workers were first to be covered, government...
Policies on admission low-skilled workers in Korea, Japan and Taiwan (China): Similarities and differences
Examines the role that policies are likely to play in the long-term of the three East Asian countries given demographic trends and social and economic changes that evolve in post-industrial societies.