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February 2022

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    ILO welcomes renewed EU focus on decent work worldwide for a just transition and a sustainable recovery

    23 February 2022

    The European Commission has adopted a Communication on decent work worldwide, which sets out how the EU will act upon the challenges linked to a just green and digital transition and a sustainable recovery from the pandemic.

October 2021

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    Italy ratifies the ILO Convention (No. 190) on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work

    29 October 2021

    Italy has ratified the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), becoming the ninth country in the world and the second European country that ratified this Convention.

February 2021

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    EU and ILO reinforce cooperation for just recovery from crisis and promote decent work

    04 February 2021

    The International Labour Organization and the European Union have reinforced their cooperation to shape the future of work and promote decent work. This will help the EU and the ILO in their responses to the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis on the world of work.

October 2019

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    Council of the EU welcomes the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work

    24 October 2019

    The Council calls on the EU Member States to pursue a human-centred approach to the future of work.

February 2017

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    Inequalities and the World of Work

    Understanding and reducing inequalities in Europe

    23 February 2017

    A new report by the ILO in cooperation with the European Commission looks at the key factors leading to rising inequalities in fourteen EU Member States.

November 2016

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    Future of work

    European social partners and civil society to discuss the future of work

    15 November 2016

    EESC-ILO conference will focus on major changes in the world of work brought about by increased globalization, non-standard forms of employment and sweeping technological change.

December 2014

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    ILO to support Faith Leaders’ Universal Declaration Against Slavery

    02 December 2014

July 2014

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    Albania

    Can you speak Italian?

    02 July 2014

    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 new job.

April 2014

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

    01 April 2014

    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 are faced with many challenges with respect to migrant workers. In this interview, she gives her views on migration in Europe, and more particularly in Italy. Ms Del Rio expects strong support from the ILO to build a legal framework at the European level in order to protect migrant workers.

November 2013

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

    19 November 2013

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