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

A Tumultuous Decade: Employment Outcomes of Immigrants in the Czech Republic

Labour policies

Guy Ryder: “The European Social Model is key to overcome the crisis”

Labour migration

Crisis prompts Albanian workers to return home

The first modern Albanian employment centre opened last month to provide better services to jobseekers, particularly migrant workers returning to Albania from crisis countries in Europe.

Lecture of ILO Deputy Director-General at Leuven University

Lecture of ILO Deputy Director-General, Gilbert Houngbo, at Leuven University

“The dynamism of competition should lead to a ‘race to the top’ instead of a ‘race to the bottom’ in labour standards”

Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Deputy Director-General, addressed the University of Leuven, Belgium, in a public lecture on the “Key challenges for global protection of labour rights”.

Inaugural Lecture

Modern slavery: The British challenge in international context

World day of Social Justice 2014

ILO Director-General: "We are faced with a deep social crisis, a crisis too of social justice"

As the world marks the Day of Social Justice, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder urges "policy-makers to converge on the ambition of a real global socio-economic recovery – a recovery for all – and a Post-2015 Development Agenda that helps lift all out...

New ILO Publication

Inequality is not inevitable

A new ILO book shows that the growing gap between rich and poor is only partially associated with technological change. The divide is mostly the result of economic and institutional policies that preceded the global economic and social crisis and...

Rosstat: national unemployment averages 5.5% in 2013

The average unemployment rate in the Russian Federation equaled 5.5% in 2013, data released by the Federal Statistics Service on Friday showed.

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Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Russia set to ratify ILO Paid Education Leave Convention

On February 5, the Russian government considered the issue of ratifying the ILO Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140). The ILO convention fully meets norms of the Russian Labour Code.

ILO launches youth employment project in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District

The International Labour Organization chose the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, also known as Yugra, in Russia’s Western Siberia, together with the Perm Territory and the Republic of Kalmykia as pilot platforms for implementing the large-scale...

ILO welcomes EU Council Decision authorising Member States to ratify Domestic Workers Convention

The ILO welcomes the adoption by the Council of Ministers of the EU of a Decision authorising EU Member States to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189).

Kazakh parliament starts working on ratification of two ILO wage conventions

On January 29, the Majilis, lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament, started working on ratification of two ILO conventions – the Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) and the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95).

Russia’s Labour Ministry to develop occupational safety rules for most hazardous industries

Russia’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection will develop occupational safety rules for seven most hazardous industries, first deputy minister Sergei Velmyaikin told reporters on January 22.

Global Employment Trends 2014

Weak economic recovery does not extend to jobs

Global labour markets still stalled despite slow economic recovery, according to the ILO’s Global Employment Trends 2014 report, which calls for an urgent switch to more employment-friendly policies.

Global Employment Trends 2014

"Weak economic recovery does not extend to jobs"

The weak global economic recovery has failed to lead to an improvement in global labour markets, with global unemployment in 2013 reaching almost 202 million, the ILO said in a new report.

ILO to conduct child labour survey in Kyrgyzstan

The International Labour Organization will conduct a child labour survey in Kyrgyzstan. This information became known on January 18 at the meeting between Kyrgyz Social Development Minister Kudaibergen Bazarbayev and expert of the ILO International...