News
August 2021
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International Labour Standards
Sierra Leone is founding crisis recovery and resilience on international labour standards
25 August 2021
Sierra Leone’s historic ratification of 9 ILO instruments was marked in a virtual ceremony with the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
September 2019
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Fishing sector
Strategic compliance planning for fishing sector in Indonesia
20 September 2019
The multimedia video highlights workshops in North Sulawesi and in Bali aimed to promote decent work in the fishing sector of Indonesia.
April 2017
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work
How data can protect workers’ health and lives
28 April 2017
This year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the critical need for countries to improve their capacity to collect and utilize reliable occupational safety and health data. Dr Francisco Santos-O'Connor (ILO Senior Specialist in Occupational Safety and Health – OSH for Asia) explains the importance of optimizing the collection and use of these data.
November 2013
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Labour economics
ILO launches book on labour administration in times of crisis
21 November 2013
One of the book’s main findings is that massive cuts in government spending have led to the down-sizing of labour administration systems in many countries.
June 2013
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ILO reform process
Ryder: Decent Work and labour standards central to the global economy
07 June 2013
The ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, addresses the workers delegates attending the 102nd session of the International Labour Conference.
June 2011
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Feature story
Monitoring hazardous child labour in Tajikistan
10 June 2011
Labour inspectors often find it difficult to reach out to informal economy workplaces where hazardous child labour occurs most frequently. According to this year’s ILO report for World Day Against Child Labour, child labour monitoring (CLM) systems are a powerful means to support labour inspectorates.
May 2011
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Feature story
Labour administration and inspection key to good global governance
31 May 2011
The importance of strong and effective labour administration and labour inspection systems in the context of economic and social development is recognised in the Constitution of the ILO, the Declaration of Philadelphia and the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization. The same principles have been further developed by numerous ILO Conventions, Recommendations and other instruments. ILO Online spoke with Giuseppe Casale, Director of the ILO’s Labour Administration and Inspection Programme (LAB/ADMIN).