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2015 World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Events report

This document outlines the activities that took place around the world on the occasion of the 2015 World Day for Safety and Health at Work. It provides the descriptions of events organized by or with the participation of the ILO, as well as other...

Switzerland

Federation of Egyptian Industries delegation visits ILO headquarters

A high level delegation of the Federation of Egyptian Industries met with the ILO Director General, Guy Ryder in Geneva.

Ordonnance du 1er avril 2015 modifiant l'ordonnance sur la prévention des accidents et des maladies professionnelles (Ordonnance sur la...

Measuring Employment in the Tourism Industries - Guide with Best Practices

The Guide is one of the technical outputs produced under the joint ILO/UNWTO Agreement which completes a series of international references and methodological tools produced within the framework of the joint ILO/UNWTO Agreement.

Domestic workers

Switzerland ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189)

Switzerland is the 16th ILO member State and the fourth European country to ratify this instrument, which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of more than 53 million domestic workers worldwide.

New ILO Protocol on Forced Labour to be discussed with the diplomatic community at the upcoming European Commemoration Day Against...

In commemoration of the European Day against Trafficking in Persons, an event will explore the challenges of Protection and Partnership, on October 17th, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Moscow hosts international seminar of public employment services

On September 17-18, Russia’s Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) held an international seminar for members of the World Association of Public Employment Services focusing on models of public employment service (PES): centralized and...

Red Card to Child Labour

ILO FPRW Branch joins the "Red Card to Child Labour" Campaign

ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) Branch Staff joins the "Red Card to Child Labour" Campaign and says "All together against child labour"

Maternity Protection

Switzerland ratifies the Maternity Protection Convention (No. 183)

Switzerland became the 29th member State to ratify this essential instrument for equality which guarantees protection for women workers during maternity

Azerbaijan seeks ILO’s expert help

3 June 2014. This issue was discussed at the meeting between Azerbaijan’s Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population Salim Muslimov and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the sidelines of the 103rd session of the International Labour...

ILO: Countries investing in high quality jobs can make economic leaps

The ILO’s flagship report on the world of work shows, for the first time, that quality jobs can drive sustained growth in emerging and developing countries.

Living and working conditions in inland navigation in Europe

This study explores various aspects of the inland navigation in the European region, addressing all the essential aspects in relation to the working and living conditions of the crews, including relevant laws and regulations, occupational safety and...

Exhibition

ILO showcases Decent Work at CERN Open Day weekend

As the world's largest particle physics laboratory opened its doors to the public the weekend of 28-29 September, the ILO showed the difference decent work makes to peoples' lives from school to retirement, with a fun exhibition that allowed ...

Workplace as a learning place: Correlates and predictors of the apprentices' perception of the workplace as a learnign place. An analysis...

102nd International Labour Conference

President Banda: Malawi champions “zero tolerance” of child labour

In her first visit to the International Labour Conference, Malawian President, Joyce Banda, says that despite global efforts, child labour remains a “huge problem”.

102nd International Labour Conference

Address by Her Excellency Dr Joyce Banda, President of the Republic of Malawi

Domestic Workers

Formalizing domestic work through the use of service vouchers-The particular cases of France, Belgium and the canton of Geneva

In 2011, the ILO adopted Convention n° 189 and Recommendation n° 201 on decent work for domestic workers. All over the world, a large proportion of domestic workers remain in the informal economy, and this prevents them from fully enjoying all...

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).

European labour migration

From public sector worker in Portugal to cleaner in Switzerland

As protests spread in southern Europe – especially in Greece, Spain and Portugal – against austerity measures, more and more people hit by the crisis are moving to northern countries in search of decent jobs. Public sector workers are not an...