News
March 2022
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Productivity growth
Alarming decline in labour productivity growth in Arab States – but policy reforms can fuel recovery
29 March 2022
A new report by the ILO Regional Office for Arab States analyses the main barriers to productivity growth in the region since the 1950s, and offers recommendations to raise productivity for a swift economic and employment recovery.
May 2020
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Q&A
ILO support for employers during COVID-19 crisis
20 May 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has put extraordinary pressure on employers and private sector businesses, to survive and continue to provide decent work. Deborah France Massin, Director of the ILO’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities, explains how they have been helping with services and tools, and ensuring that the views of enterprise are represented to decision-makers.
April 2020
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COVID-19: Solidarity between employers’ and workers’ organizations
In times of crisis, solidarity between workers and employers is paramount, says the ILO
09 April 2020
Past crises show that workers and employers need to work together to address the impact of COVID-19, says a new joint report from the International Labour Organization’s workers’ and employers’ groups.
April 2019
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ILO 100
2019 declared as ILO Centenary in the Philippines
29 April 2019
The Philippines declared 2019 as the ILO Centenary and reaffirmed its full support to, and cooperation with the ILO’s mandate of promoting peace and social justice.
November 2018
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© SuSanA Secretariat 2022
Tripartism and social dialogue
Safety and health in Peru’s construction sector - 25 kilos… not more!
13 November 2018
Peruvian trade unions and the ILO’s Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean are supporting an initiative to protect construction workers’ health.
March 2018
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© Leila Aloui / ILO 2022
Domestic Work
Reforming the migrant domestic work sector in the Arab region vital to welfare of both workers and employers – ILO report
08 March 2018
An ILO White Paper outlines policy recommendations to reform the migrant domestic work sector and establish a professionalized and high-quality care economy in the region.
June 2017
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© Carsten ten Brink 2022
Child labour and forced labour
ILO monitoring of the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan
27 June 2017
November 2016
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Press release
ILO, Russian Federation Sign New Cooperation Accord, Set Key Priorities
21 November 2016
Programme of Cooperation to focus on improving employment opportunities, labour productivity, working conditions, the social security system and strengthening labour standards over the next four years.
August 2016
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Indigenous peoples
ILO Bureau for Employer’s Activities launches a report on Convention 169 and its implementation in four Latin American countries
04 August 2016
The study, from the employer’s point of view, looks at the regulation processes of prior consultation, its impact in investment projects in the four countries and the main difficulties uncovered. It also provides recommendations in order to allow progress in the Convention’s implementation.
June 2016
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Press release
ILO welcomes the new political declaration on ending AIDS adopted by the UN General Assembly
08 June 2016
UN Member States have adopted a new Political Declaration at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS