News on International Labour Standards

Sustaining strengthened national capacities to improve ILS compliance and reporting in relevant EU trading partners (Project fact sheet)

Sustaining strengthened national capacities to improve ILS compliance and reporting in relevant EU trading partners’ is a EU funded project for two years project. The project was started in April 2018 with the aims of supporting provincial...

Domestic Work

Peru ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

Peru is the 27th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

Collective Bargaining

Mexico ratifies the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)

Responsible supply chains

ILO, EU and OECD join forces for responsible supply chains

The ILO launches a new project on responsible supply chains in the Philippines with the EU and the OECD to promote corporate social responsibility and responsible business conduct with regard to decent work, international labour standards,...

Training for journalists in Georgia

Eighteen journalists came together on November 17-18 in Borjomi, Georgia to discuss the impact of a series of ILO training courses on reporting on labour issues, and to identify possible next steps. The training was organized within the framework of...

CPTPP

Viet Nam ratifies Pacific Rim trade deal, getting closer to international labour standards

The accord includes specific labour requirements to ensure that the free flow of trade will contribute to sustainable development and enable workers and businesses to enjoy fair share of economic gains.

Maritime Labour Convention and Domestic Workers

Grenada ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

Consultative meeting on Trade related Investment Policy Framework (TRIPF)

The EU funded project ‘Sustaining strengthened national capacities to improve ILS compliance and reporting in relevant EU trading partners’ supported Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP) to let employers brainstorm the labour market implications...

GB roundup

ILO Governing Body wraps up its 334th session

The October-November 2018 session of the ILO Governing Body ended on 8 November. ILO News discussed the highlights with Juan Llobera, Clerk of the Governing Body.

Industrial relations

Viet Nam ready to develop new industrial relations framework for market economy

The framework will help the country address its industrial relations challenges and comply with its labour commitments in free trade deals.

Maritime Labour Convention

Gambia ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Gambia is the 89th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

International labour standards

Viet Nam considers ratifying ILO’s convention to boost collective bargaining

Collective bargaining is a fundamental right. Effective collective bargaining can reduce wildcat strikes and build harmonious industrial relations.

On the way to strengthening the national system of the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia

FYR of Macedonia ratified the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) in 2012. The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy requested the ILO to elaborate a comparative analysis of the national legal and...

Comprehensive Review of Labour Legislation in Kyrgyzstan

Further to an agreement between the ILO and the Ministry of Labour, the ILO has conducted a comprehensive review of labour legislation in Kyrgyzstan against relevant ILO Conventions, as well as the realization of the relevant policy decisions. The...

International labour standards

Discrimination issues heat up Labour Code revision debates

The revised Labour Code is expected to better protect workers from discrimination based on gender, disability and age.

Improving living and working conditions for fishers: Namibia and Senegal join the fight

The Government of the Republic of Namibia has ratified the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) on 20 September 2018. On 21 September 2018, the Government of the Republic of Senegal has equally ratified Convention No. 188.

Labour migration

Viet Nam recommends digital initiatives to promote decent work for migrant workers

The 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour with the theme “Digitalization to Promote Decent Work for Migrant Workers in ASEAN” will focus on how leveraging digitalization can protect the rights of workers through increased transparency in migration...

The future of work and the significance of effective collective bargaining and negotiations

The Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains (LSGSC) project, funded by German Ministry for Development Cooperation (BMZ) & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany,...

Media advisory

Conference to agree better ways of measuring work

International Conference of Labour Statisticians is expected to propose better ways to create data that will help policy makers prepare for the future of work.

Labour inspection

Opening address at the Executive Course on Managing the Inspectorate for Strategic Labour Laws Compliance

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Executive Course on Managing the Inspectorate for Strategic Labour Laws Compliance, Quezon City, Philippines, 3 October 2018