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October 2021
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Asia-Pacific labour market insights
Labour productivity trends in Asia and the Pacific highlight uneven COVID-19 impacts
18 October 2021
Enhanced labour productivity is key to boost living standards and is prioritized in the Sustainable Development Goals. In Asia and the Pacific, growth in labour productivity has been instrumental in reducing poverty in recent decades.
March 2016
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Future of Work
Future of Work: lessons from New Zealand
29 March 2016
Helen Kelly from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) explains some perspectives from New Zealand regarding the future of work. She gives her views about the challenges and opportunities for Unions on the future of work and how they can influence the discussion around the ILO Centenary initiative on the Future of Work.
August 2010
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Video interview
A Rights-based Approach to Social Protection
20 August 2010
ILO TV interviews Margaret Wilson, Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Waikato and former Minister of Labour in New Zealand. Ms Wilson is member of a global panel to promote social protection, which met for the first time on 11 and 12 of August in Geneva at the ILO.
June 2010
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Video
Delegate Dialogues: Helen Kelly, President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Committee for the Recurrent Discussion on Employment
16 June 2010
March 2010
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Video
Update on the Global Jobs Pact and New Zealand: An Interview with Phil O'Reilly
30 March 2010
ILO TV interviews Phil O'Reilly, Chief Executive of Business NZ.
December 2009
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Video
New Zealand's Focus on Job Skills Part of a Multi-Pronged Crisis Exit Strategy
01 December 2009
"If we think about the way in which the world will pull out of the crisis, and already is, the real danger we face is that those people who have skills will get jobs relatively easily, but those without skills may not," said Phil O'Reilly, Chief Executive of Business NZ in an interview with ILO TV. "The Global Jobs Pact has helped us come up with some concrete policy recommendations and actions, that we've taken in New Zealand around, for example, the issue of skills."