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Skills development
Indonesia continues to improve skills development through industry - vocational education and training partnership
To further strengthen its national efforts in skills development through apprenticeships, the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs in collaboration with the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) and the ILO is conducting a one-day Seminar...
VZF holds successful global stakeholder event in Geneva
Industrial relations
Viet Nam ready to develop new industrial relations framework for market economy
The framework will help the country address its industrial relations challenges and comply with its labour commitments in free trade deals.
Labour migration
Viet Nam recommends digital initiatives to promote decent work for migrant workers
The 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour with the theme “Digitalization to Promote Decent Work for Migrant Workers in ASEAN” will focus on how leveraging digitalization can protect the rights of workers through increased transparency in migration...
Indonesia Business Forum 2018: Scaling up collaboration to achieve greater impact
Indonesia’s garment sector is ranked among the top ten largest textile producing countries and the main contributor to the national economy. The ILO-BWI programme continuously empowers local garment business to be succeed in global garment industry...
ILO-Japan programme
Japanese parliamentary members explore effective ways to support Viet Nam’s labour issues
The delegation aimed to identify decent work challenges faced by Vietnamese workers and find solutions to address them as more and more major Japanese companies are choosing Viet Nam to locate their factories.
OSH Campaign
Promoting safer and healthier workplaces through audiovisual campaign
Seventy two garment companies participated at the video and photo competition organized by the ILO through its Better Work Indonesia (BWI) programme on occupational safety and health (OSH) issues. The competition was part of the ILO’s 2018 OSH...
Labour migration
Trade unions should play a bigger role in ensuring safe labour migration
It is important that Viet Nam’s legislation strengthens the role of trade unions in representing and protecting migrant workers, as well as in formulation of laws, policies and programmes.
Project Brief (2020): Better Work Indonesia
Aline Adita supports gender equality at work
Aline Adita, an Indonesian TV personality, model and entrepreneur, supported the promotion of gender equality at work.
Time for women to be equal at work through collective agreements
In conjunction with the commemoration of the International Women’s Day on 8 March 2018, five working women representing the government, practitioner, trade union, women’s worker and the ILO interactively discussed discrimination and violence against...
International Women’s Day 2018: Mainstreaming gender equality at work through collective bargaining agreement
Collective bargaining is a key means that provides the basis for sound and harmonious labour relations. Through effective and equal collective bargaining, both employers and workers can arrive at a collective agreement addressing rights and...
ILO-Ministry of Manpower of Indonesia team up to improve quality of labour inspection
The Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and the International Labour Organization (ILO) signed a joint Protocol for Handling of Non-Tolerable Cases (Zero Tolerance Protocol/ZTP) at the Ministry of Manpower office in Jakarta on 5 March 2018.
Workplace safety measures
Workplace safety measures should be improved to prevent future incidents
The International Labour Organization (ILO) would like to call attention on the tragic incident of Tangerang, Banten, on the outskirts of the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta on 26 October 2017 that resulted in the unfortunate deaths of at least 47...
Labour migration
Viet Nam tips regional forum on domestic workers issues
The 10th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour with the theme “Towards Achieving Decent Work for Domestic Workers in ASEAN” coincides with the 6th anniversary of ILO’s Convention on Domestic Workers.
Vision Zero Fund, Achieving a world without occupational accidents and diseases
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Labour law compliance
Calling for intensified efforts to improve labour law compliance in Indonesia
Indonesian key labour actors have called for intensified and integrated efforts to improve and promote labour law compliance in Indonesia. They have also called for the modernization of the labour inspection function by moving from a traditional...
Labour law compliance
Symposium highlights new ways to modernize labour inspections in Indonesia
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Indonesia Ministry of Manpower are co-hosting a symposium to promote innovation in labour law compliance. The event, which will take place between 4 to 6 April at the JS Luwansa Hotel in Jakarta,...
Building the capacities of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour to ensure labour law compliance in the Haitian apparel sector...
Project Results
Progress and potential: Improved working conditions in the apparel industry make workers’ lives better and businesses stronger
An independent review of the Better Work programme shows significant gains in quality of life for workers in factories they advise, as well as enhanced productivity and profitability for those businesses involved.