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Reversing Pension Privatizations. Rebuilding public pension systems in Eastern Europe and Latin America
From 1981 to 2014, thirty countries privatized fully or partially their public mandatory pensions; as of 2018, eighteen countries have reversed the privatization.
Non-standard forms of employment
Strengthening social protection for the future of work—extending the social security to workers in non-standard employment
Europe has been experiencing a growing diversification in working arrangements, as exemplified through the decline of standard employment and the significant growth of non-standard forms of employment. These developments were discussed at a recent...
Pension reform
ILO advises Ukraine not to move forward with pension privatization
ILO News talked to Fabio Duran-Valverde, Head of the Public Finance, Actuarial and Statistics Unit, Social Protection Department, ILO Geneva, and Kenichi Hirose, Senior Social Protection Specialist, ILO-Budapest, about the global and regional trends...
About the ILO in Bulgaria
Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 72
Second-pillar pension re-reforms in Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Macedonia, Romania, and Slovakia. Benefit payouts amidst continuing...
Conclusions of the 14th High-level meeting between the European Commission and the ILO Office (2018)
ILO-EU Relations
ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 14th high-level meeting
The European Commission and the ILO held their 14th annual high-level meeting in Brussels.
Labour rights
Sub-regional network of Labour Dispute Agencies meet in Serbia
An average of approx. 3,000 cases are handled every year by Alternative Dispute Resolution Agencies in Western Balkans, with a settlement rate of approx. 70 %. The vast majority are individual disputes related to dismissal and non-payment of wages....
Conference Report: Integrating Labour Inspection Functions, Effectiveness and Training, 21-23 September 2003, Borovetz, Bulgaria
ILO Conventions
Bulgaria goes for ILO Minimum Wage Convention
Bulgaria recently ratified the ILO Minimum Wage Fixing Convention. With signing this document Bulgaria commits to establish a system of fixing and adjusting minimum wages. The overall objective is to improve standards of living in the country which...
Bulgaria - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2017)
Multinational textile brands for social dialogue
Making social dialogue work at the factory floor in the Bulgarian textile industry
With support of the ILO, three global brands from the garment industry and their Bulgarian suppliers recently met placing fundamental rights at work at the center of their sustainability strategies while also making a clear business case for this...
New ILO report: Women and men in the informal economy: A statistical picture—What do data reveal about Central and Eastern Europe?
Informal EPSCO meeting discusses youth and skills
Heinz Koller, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, addressed the Informal Meeting of the Ministers of the EU responsible for Employment and Social Affairs (EPSCO).
International Women’s Day
ILO: Women still less likely to be active in the labour market than men in most of the world
Despite notable progress over the past 20 years, updated ILO figures show persistent inequalities between women and men on access to the labour market, unemployment and conditions at work.
What does the new ILO WORLD EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL OUTLOOK – Trends 2018 report say about Central and Eastern Europe?
Building a network for labour dispute prevention and resolution
Balkan agencies for peaceful settlement of labour disputes 2nd annual meeting
ILO Technical Note
ILO Technical Note: The state of application of the provisions for social security of the international treaties on social rights ratified...
Decent work for Roma youth
ILO highlights measures to reduce job discrimination and poverty among Roma youth
Only 15 per cent of Roma youth in Europe have completed upper-secondary education and almost 60 per cent aged between 16 and 24 are not in employment, education or training.
Future of work
European social partners and civil society to discuss the future of work
EESC-ILO conference will focus on major changes in the world of work brought about by increased globalization, non-standard forms of employment and sweeping technological change.