News
December 2021
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ILO in action
We help migrant domestic workers overcome the pandemic
15 December 2021
ILO Senior Labour Migration Specialist, Gloria Moreno-Fontes, speaks from Pretoria about the Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project, which aims to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The project is funded by the European Commission and implemented by the ILO in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
July 2021
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BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment Endorsement
ILO welcomes BRICS Ministers' support for human-centred recovery from COVID-19
15 July 2021
The ILO’s Global Call to Action for a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, adopted by the membership at the International Labour Conference in June, has been endorsed by the Labour and Employment Ministers of the five BRICS economies.
October 2020
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© BRICS 2022
Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment
BRICS commitment to jobs, social protection & social dialogue welcomed by ILO
09 October 2020
Higher levels of international cooperation and solidarity will be needed to meet the challenge to labour markets posed by COVID-19, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
November 2018
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Press release
New strategic partnership to promote jobs and education for refugees and host communities
06 November 2018
The Netherlands has joined an innovative partnership with the ILO to support refugees and their host communities.
August 2018
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Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment
ILO head praises BRICS countries’ commitment to social dialogue
03 August 2018
Guy Ryder highlights the major contribution BRICS countries can make to social dialogue, social protection, gender equality and youth employment.
July 2018
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International labour standards
First fishing vessel detained under ILO Fishing Convention
17 July 2018
Convention to improve working conditions for fishers on commercial fishing vessels shows its teeth.
July 2017
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Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment
ILO Director-General: BRICS countries play a key role in tackling global world of work challenges
27 July 2017
Guy Ryder has renewed the ILO’s commitment to supporting BRICS countries as they address social and economic issues.
March 2016
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Future of Work
Future of Work: lessons from South Africa
29 March 2016
Bheki Ntshalintshali, General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) discusses possible ways to overcome the technological advancement in the world of work and how trade unions can influence the discussion around the ILO Centenary initiative on the Future of Work.
December 2013
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HIV and AIDS in the workplace
ILO to emphasize that “employment is part of the treatment” at International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)
04 December 2013
June 2013
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Labour standards
South Africa ratifies four international labour Conventions
21 June 2013
The Government of the Republic of South Africa deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of four international labour Conventions, the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No.81), the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189).