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Albania

Can you speak Italian?

Italian companies are increasingly turning to Albanian migrant workers who are going back home to work at their call centres. An EU-funded ILO project is helping employment centres in Albania to modernize and to assist migrant workers looking for a...

Italy

Promoting labour rights: A key role for Parliaments

Ms Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department of the ILO in Geneva, travelled to Rome to open the hearing at the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament organized by the Labour Commission on Wednesday, June 25...

International Labour Conference

ILO: Italy elected President of the governmental group

Italy has been elected president of the Governmental Group of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for 2014/2015.

Executive Summary of the World of Work Report 2014: Developing with jobs

The ILO report finds that developing countries which focused on creating high quality jobs during the early 2000s enjoyed significant economic growth after 2007.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Safety and health in the use of chemicals at work

This report for the 2014 celebration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work reviews the current situation regarding the use of chemicals and their impact in workplaces and the environment, including various national, regional, and...

Migrants Workers

Cinzia Del Rio: “A migration policy is urgent in the European Union”

The recent deaths of hundreds of migrants seeking to reach Europe highlight the need to have a comprehensive policy on migration. According to Cinzia Del Rio who chairs the international department of Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL), Italian unions...

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...

Students competition

Italian Ministry of Education launches a “Music against Child Labour” competition open to all 14-18 year old secondary school students

The competition will involve secondary school students in educational activities, based on the methods of ILO-IPEC’s SCREAM programme and of the Media Education for Development (MED) association.

Promoting integration of migrant domestic workers in Europe (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: RER/11/01/EEC - Evaluation Consultant: Peter Mahy

Labour standards

Italy ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Italy is the 52nd ILO Member State, and the 20th member State of the European Union, to ratify this Convention

Official visit

Ryder and Italian leaders share views on jobs for youth and migration

ILO Director-General and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano talked about the youth unemployment situation affecting the country, especially in the South.

Working Paper No. 50, "Coping with the crisis in Italy: Employment relations and social dialogue amidst the recession"

This study on Italy shows that the initial responses to the economic crisis in Italy were designed with the participation of the social partners and focused on supporting small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs). At the local level, an agreement...

Labour migration

The Lampedusa tragedy reminds us of palpable policy failures on migration

Guidelines

Equal Pay - An introductory guide

Ensuring that the work done by women and men is valued fairly and ending pay discrimination is essential to achieving gender equality. However, pay inequality continues to persist and gender pay gaps in some instances have stagnated or even...

Italy: A dual labour market in transition: Country case study on labour market segmentation

Employment Working Paper No. 144

World of Work 2013: Country Brief on Italy

The Italian labour market shows little sign of recovery which can be attributed to weak export growth and falling domestic demand. Moving forward, the challenge is to support employment and incomes while paving the foundation for long-term growth...

Labour Standards: Unions from Italy, Moldova and Ukraine sign cooperation agreements

Domestic workers negotiate new collective agreements in Uruguay and Italy

Regional Snapshot

Snapshot of the labour market in the European Union - 2013

Policy Brief

Youth guarantees: a response to the youth employment crisis?

Employment Policy Brief