All resources: Australia

Chemical Exposure Limits

Recommended or mandatory occupational exposure limits (OELs) have been developed in many countries for airborne exposure to gases, vapours and particulates. The most widely used limits, called threshold limit values (TLVs), are those issued in the...

New ILO migration project to improve migrant workers' conditions in South-East Asia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a new project in South-East Asia to improve the governance of cross-border labour migration.

Skills for green jobs in Australia

Background country study

From old to new: The Australian Qualifications Framework

Leesa Wheelahan, Senior Lecturer in Adult and Vocational Education Griffin University

Update on the Global Jobs Pact and Australia: An Interview with Peter Anderson

ILO TV interviews Peter Anderson, Chief Executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Asia and the Pacific Region

Decent work approach to recovery urged by Pacific Island labour ministers and social partners

Pacific Island Labour Ministers and social partners have reached an agreement to support a jobs-led recovery by promoting decent work in the Pacific region by adopting the Port Vila Statement on Decent Work and its accompanying ‘Pacific Action Plan...

Jobs-led recovery and plan for sustainable decent work at ILO high level meeting of ten Pacific member States at Port Vila, Vanuatu, 8–9...

In the aftermath of the global economic downturn and a lingering jobs crisis, the ILO is convening a high-level meeting on Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific from 8 to February in Vanuatu.

Questions and answers on jobs recovery and the development of decent work for people in the Pacific Islands

In February 2010, at Port Vila, Vanuatu, Labour Ministers, Senior Labour officials and representatives of worker and employer organizations from all eight countries – Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon...

Learning from the first qualifications frameworks

Employment Working Paper No. 45

WP/GBC: Statement on behalf of Australia and New Zealand

Flexible Working Arrangements Help Australia Maintain Employment During Economic Crisis

"We need to maintain medium and long-term thinking, even though we have a short-term crisis, and that means trying to sustain employment and the skills base of our economy even though demand has dropped off," said Peter Anderson, Chief Executive of...

Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

This unique study reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and the increasing pressures towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the divergent experiences of individual workers regarding their...

Background Note: ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan/Regional Technical Meeting Skills Development in the Pacific: the Special Skills Development Needs of...

Programme: ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan/Regional Technical Meeting Skills Development in the Pacific: the Special Skills Development Needs of Small...

Executive summary:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

Promotional Flyer:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

Australia provides support for youth employment in Timor-Leste

The press release focuses on The YEP Programme which will provide job opportunities for up to 70,000 in-school and out-of-school young women and men across all districts through career guidance, self-employment promotion, and short-term employment...

Skills development in the Pacific: The special skills development needs of small island economies: Report of ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan Regional...

This meeting was set up to address the needs with the overall objective to discuss the key issues and major challenges for skills develoment in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) Special emphasis was to be placed on the development of national...

Australia - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Effective abolition of child labour (CL)

Competing for global talent

This book includes general and theoretical papers on skilled migration and also papers on the country experiences of Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, and the United States.