News
June 2019
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Domestic Workers' Day
An aging Asia increases the demand for domestic workers. But what about their rights?
16 June 2019
Mr. Nilim Baruah, International Labour Organization’s Regional Migration Specialist for Asia and the Pacific, reviews progress on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Asia.
July 2013
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“Work in Freedom” Programme
DFID, ILO to launch new initiative to tackle trafficking of women and girls
10 July 2013
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Occupational safety and health
Veolia Environnement supports global commitment to promote safety and health at work
01 July 2013
A leading environmental management company is the latest signatory to the Seoul Declaration, which gives employees the right to work in a safe and healthy environment.
April 2008
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Article
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2008 - “Superman has fallen”: Managing risk in the work environment
24 April 2008
Each year, an estimated 2.2 million people die from work-related accidents and diseases around the world, according to the ILO which says that work related deaths appear to be on the rise. But risks can be eliminated or minimized at source, says a new ILO report published for World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April. ILO Online reports from the Republic of Korea where the country’s occupational safety and health agency KOSHA launched a number of initiatives to prevent accidents at work.
March 2008
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News
ILO Convention No. 187 on occupational safety and health to come into force following ratification by the Republic of Korea
13 March 2008
The Republic of Korea has recently ratified a new ILO Convention, the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health, Convention No. 187. This ratification will bring this important international labour standard designed to promote a “preventive safety and health culture” into force in the next 12 months.