News on International Labour Standards

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

Employers and workers join forces to reinstate the past glory of Indonesian garment and footwear industries

The COVID-19 pandemic has threaten the health and livelihoods of workers and employers around the world, including Indonesia. The Indonesian employers and workers from the garment and footwear industries have opted to join forces to overcome the...

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

Towards concerted efforts for business sustainability and protection of workers of garment and footwear industries

The ILO facilitates dialogue among government, workers’ and employers’ organizations on strengthening the coordination and efforts to promote sustainability of business and protection of workers in garment and footwear industries.

Child Labour

ILO Child Labour Convention achieves universal ratification

All 187 member States of the International Labour Organization (ILO) have ratified the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182).

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), and Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - General observation,...

At its 2019 session (November–December), the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) adopted a general observation on the application of the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), and of the Labour...

Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156) - General observation, publication 2020

At its 2019 session (November–December), the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) adopted a general observation on the application of the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156)....

Results of Joint Social Protection System Assessment Presented in Georgia

The International Labour Organization in partnership with UN Women organized a sensitization online seminar on the findings of the Joint Social Protection Assessment on Thursday, 29 July 2020.

COVID-19 and social dialogue

Tackling the impact of COVID-19 pandemic with transparencies between employers and workers

What can employers and workers do to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic? They can work together. The ILO calls for the cooperation between representatives of employers and workers through social dialogues.

UN Joint Programme on Strengthening Social Protection presented assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the socio-economic situation in...

Comprehensive economic, employment and social protection measures in Uzbekistan are gaining even more prominence and urgency in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Indonesia and Thailand to strengthen their port inspection to combat trafficking and forced labour at sea

To combat forced labour and human trafficking onboard fishing vessels in the Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Thailand, with support from the ILO, took a step to develop a bilateral protocol on port State inspection on foreign fishing vessels.

Virtual Global Summit

ILO Global Summit builds commitment to create better world of work after COVID-19

Global leaders discussed strategies to ensure the world of work after the COVID-19 pandemic tackles the vulnerabilities exposed by the outbreak, including a lack of social protection, the informal economy, inequality and climate change.

COVID-19 and the maritime sector

ILO welcomes COVID-19 seafarers’ rights agreement

With hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded at sea due to the pandemic, a new international agreement recognizes them as key workers who should be protected.

Domestic Workers Convention

Ratification by Mexico of Convention No. 189 on Domestic Workers

Mexico is committed to promoting decent work for domestic workers. The Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the Undersecretary of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the Mexican Foreign Ministry participated in a virtual ceremony.

International Labour Standards

Workers’ organizations are essential to promote and put into practice ILO standards on Violence and Harassment

Social dialogue including collective bargaining remains a vital instrument for workers’organizations to advocate for the ratification and implementation of these new ILO standards on violence and harassment in the world of work.

COVID-19 and the World of Work

Responses to COVID-19: International Labour Standards and tripartite cooperation needed, says the ILO

ILO tools developed over 100 years help to address effectively the global crisis of COVID-19.

International labour standards and national law in light of the impact of Covid-19 on labour relations – webinar for judges in Georgia

The social impact of measures taken by the Government of Georgia to counter the spread of Covid-19 has brought to the fore questions related to the role of international labour standards and the application of relevant provisions of the Georgian...

New Study

Launch of "An ILO for All Seasons": Interview with Kari Tapiola

Kari Tapiola, former Deputy-Director General of the ILO presents his study "An ILO for All Seasons" to be launched on 29th June 2020.

Violence and harassment Convention

ILO Violence and Harassment Convention will enter into force in June 2021

The ratification by Fiji, the second after Uruguay, will allow Convention No. 190 to enter into force in a year’s time.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

COVID-19 causes unprecedented jobs crisis, almost all workers and businesses affected by lockdown measures

UN Secretary-General is calling for immediate support for at-risk workers, enterprises, jobs and incomes in a new Policy Brief on the World of Work and COVID-19, prepared with the ILO.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Social media campaign to promote social dialogue and OSH in the garment industry during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the garment industry and its supply chains. The ILO/IFC’s Better Work Indonesia (BWI) programme has conducted an advocacy and awareness raising campaign to promote win-win solutions for both management...

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Livelihoods of more than 55 million domestic workers at risk due to COVID-19

On the ninth anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, new ILO estimates reveal the risks facing domestic workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.