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Factsheet

Advancing Responsible Supply Chains and Decent Work in Asia (RSC)

Funded by the Government of Japan, the RSC project promotes decent work, supports more responsible and sustainable enterprises, and strengthens supply chain resilience across Asia.

Factsheet

Enhancement of the human and labour rights of workers from vulnerable and marginalized groups under unacceptable forms of work in Thailand,...

Funded by the Government of Japan, the EnhanceRights project aims to advance social protection for workers from vulnerable and marginalized groups in Thailand’s manufacturing industries by improving the protection and realization of human rights and...

ILO report highlights progress and gaps in maternity benefits across ASEAN

New analysis finds expanded maternity protection across the region, while calling for stronger efforts to close coverage gaps and improve benefit adequacy for all women.

Occupational safety and health

Thai trade unions address the reduction of safety and health risks in the workplace

Training supported by the ILO and the Government of Japan is helping Thai trade unions strengthen workplace risk assessment, with greater attention to psychosocial hazards affecting workers’ health and safety.

Domestic workers

Thailand pilots strategic compliance planning to strengthen protection for domestic workers

A new strategic compliance planning approach, developed by Thailand’s Department of Labour Protection and Welfare with support from the ILO through the EU-funded PROTECT project, is helping strengthen protection for domestic workers from reactive...

Labour migration

New public mural in Bangkok highlights the relationship between migrant workers and Thai communities

A new mural in the Thong Lor area highlights the connections between migrant workers and Thai communities, celebrating the major contributions migrants make to Thailand’s economy and society.

Employment in Focus blog series

Navigating Generative AI’s transformations in ASEAN labour markets

ILO employment specialists in Asia analyse the impact by sector, occupation, gender, and education level and explore implications for future policy responses

Podcast

How dialogue is steering Thailand’s auto manufacturing future

In this episode of the ILO’s Future of Work podcast, Georg Leutert of IndustriALL Global Union and Sathirayuth (Max) Sangsuwan of AutoAlliance Thailand explore how responsible business conduct – built on trust, transparency and dialogue – can help...

Demographic change

Demographic shifts in Asia and the Pacific: Policy insights from partner countries

ILO in action

A migrant domestic worker’s journey to empowerment

Champa is a Myanmar domestic worker in Thailand. She started her journey with having little awareness about her rights, to leading Thailand’s network of migrant domestic workers.

Event summary

Migrant workers at the heart of Thai rubber sector equipped with labour rights and social protection knowledge

The workshop on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) in the Thai rubber sector for migrant workers, held by the RISC-Migrant project on 25 September 2025, aims to address RBC implementation gaps in labour rights protection and raise awareness on...

Fact sheet

Responsible and Inclusive Supply Chains for Migrant Workers in Thailand (RISC-Migrant)

The RISC-Migrant project is a one-year initiative led by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and supported by the supplementary budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan (MOFA). It delivers rapid and targeted support to protect...

International Labour Migration Statistics Database in ASEAN (ILMS)

Migrant labour

ILO strengthens migrant workers’ access to labour rights and social protection in Thailand

Labour migration

Survey highlights challenging conditions faced by migrant workers in Asia’s fishing and seafood processing industries

A ground-breaking ILO report highlights systemic nature of labour rights challenges and need for continued efforts to ensure decent work in South-East Asia’s blue economy.

Labour migration

Towards fair seas: Recruitment and working conditions for migrant workers in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in South-East Asia

This comprehensive regional survey assesses the working and living conditions for migrants in the fishing and seafood processing sectors, including the prevalence of forced labour.

Migration

Enhancing Regular Pathways for Labour Migration in South-East Asia

This Issue Brief highlights the context of labour migration – in particular temporary labour migration into elementary occupations – from and within South-East Asia, setting out the key challenges that reduce access to regular pathways and limit...

Migrant labour

Improved access to social protection and safe work sought for Thailand’s agricultural workers

Efforts to expand access to employment-injury protection and strengthen workplace safety in agriculture are helping reduce risks for workers while supporting resilient businesses and supply chains in Thailand.

News

Thailand strengthens evidence-based planning to support a Just Transition

New analytical model helps policymakers understand how climate policies interact with economic performance, employment, skills, and social outcomes.

Rapid ageing reshapes jobs, growth and inclusion in Asia and the Pacific

ILO-EU forum urges collective solutions to ensure demographic change drives decent work and inclusive growth.