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ILO officials visit Kalmykia and Astrakhan as part of ILO-LUKOIL Youth Employment Project

On 22-26 April 2014 officials of the ILO Moscow Office, Olga Koulaeva and Mikhail Pouchkin, visited the Republic of Kalmykia and the city of Astrakhan.

ILO launches comprehensive training programme on resolution of labour disputes

On April 25, the ILO launched a comprehensive eleven-day training programme to develop a roster of professional labour mediators to assist employers and workers to prevent and solve collective labour disputes.

Moscow hosts international conference focusing on improvement and development of national laws on the basis of international labour...

Moscow hosts conference on improvement of On April 22-24 Russia’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in Moscow hosted an international conference focusing on improvement and development of national laws on the basis of international labour...

Russia Unemployment Drops in March

Russian jobless rate fell for the first time in four months to 5.4 percent, after remaining stable at 5.6 percent in the previous two months.

Russia’s government submits ILO Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention to State Duma for ratification

On March 14, Russia’s government submitted the ILO Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) to the State Duma, lower house of parliament, for ratification.

Ryder: Youth Guarantees, a good example for urgently needed, targeted and immediate action

At the high-level conference “The Youth Guarantee: Making it Happen,” hosted by the European Commission, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization Guy Ryder praised the European Youth Guarantee as a concrete action to connect...

European Commission high level Conference

Ryder: Youth Guarantees, a good example for urgently needed, targeted and immediate action

At the high-level conference “The Youth Guarantee: Making it Happen,” hosted by the European Commission, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder praised the European Youth Guarantee as a concrete action to...

European Commission High-Level Conference

Youth Guarantee: Making it happen

Guy Ryder's address at the session on Europe's Youth Guarantee in a global context - G20 work on youth employment. Check against delivery

Seafarers' rights

ILO Director remarks at the Special Tripartite Committee established under the Maritime Labour Convention

ILO, Maritime sector to address abandonment of seafarers and shipowners’ liability

Bangladesh

Ryder: Rana Plaza legacy must be improved working conditions globally

The ILO Director-General highlights the human cost of poor working conditions and calls for action to ensure the Rana Plaza tragedy is not repeated.

The Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants in Europe: Analysis and Policy Evaluation

Catching Up: The Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Sweden

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...

New authorities delegated to RS by Slovakia

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of Slovakia have signed a new agreement on the delegation of authority for the statutory survey of ships flying the flag of Slovakia, RS...

System classifying jobs into categories enters into force in Russia

Since March 28 a law on special assessment of working conditions that creates economic incentives for employers to improve working conditions has entered into force in Russia.

Ways to implement decent work principles – conference in Chelyabinsk

On March 27-28 Chelyabinsk, Russia’s Urals city, hosted an international research and practice conference focusing on ways to implement decent work principles. It was organized by the ILO, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR),...

Youth employment

Youth Guarantees: an opportunity not to be wasted

Joint ILO, Youth Intergroup of the European Parliament, Youth Intergroup of the Italian Parliament, press release, on the occasion of the seminar on «Youth Guarantees: a response to the youth employment crisis» held at the Chamber of Deputies, Rome,...

Why the European Social Model is still relevant

"In some countries, key elements of the ESM have been radically transformed, and sometimes dismantled, even though they clearly were not the cause of the crisis or the budgetary deficits," says ILO Senior labour economist Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead.

Why the European Social Model is still relevant

'In some countries, key elements of the ESM have been radically transformed, and sometimes dismantled, even though they clearly were not the cause of the crisis or the budgetary deficits,' says ILO Senior labour economist Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead.

The Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants in Europe: Analysis and Policy Evaluation

A Precarious Position: The Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Spain