News on International Labour Standards

Round table on the implementation of international labour standards in Uzbekistan

A round table on progress in the cooperation between Uzbekistan and the International Labour Organization (ILO) was held in Tashkent on 5 – 6 August 2015.

World Breastfeeding Week

“Breastfeeding and Work - Let’s Make it Work!”

"Ensuring adequate maternity protection and time and space for breastfeeding at work is not only the right thing to do, it also makes economic sense," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

Final evaluation summary

Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in Bangladesh

Project: BGD/11/50/USA

Decent Work Bill

Liberia’s new labour law commits to decent work

Liberia has made history by adopting a new labour law, as it is the only one in the world that directly refers to the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda in its title.

Role of Social Partnership in Reduction of the Share of Informal Economy – a Round Table in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

A Round Table of social partners “Role of social partnership in reduction of the share of informal economy” was held on July 10 and 11, 2015 in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Republic Tajikistan, one of the most remote high-mountain regions...

Informal Economy

New ILO Standard on the Informal Economy: A Tool for Workers

The following is an interview with Plamen Dimitrov, Workers’ Spokesperson of the International Labour Conference (1-13 June 2015) Committee on the Transition from the Informal to Formal Economy, who expresses his views about the benefits for workers...

ILO approves inclusion of Russia in the list of Members fully meeting requirements of Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention

The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) of the International Labour Organisation at its 324th (June) session approved the inclusion of the Russian Federation as the first ratifying Member to be listed as fully meeting the minimum...

International Labour Conference

International Labour Conference 2015: What were the results for the workers?

The 104th session of the International Labour Conference was characterized by the Committee on the Application of Standards resuming its work, examining 24 individual cases of violations of international labour standards. In this interview,...

New Decent Work Country Programme for Tajikistan: Making national policies work for growth, formal employment and development

Today, the Tajik tripartite constituents and the ILO signed a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for 2015-2017.

Informal economy

Ways out of informality: How a new ILO standard tackles the informal economy trap

Following the adoption of the new ILO Recommendation on the transition from the informal to the formal economy, ILO News takes a look at some of the best practices around the world that helped shape this historic international labour standard.

Cooperation of the ILO and tripartite partners of Tajikistan

Meeting of the Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan Emin Sanginzoda and Director of Regional Bureau of the International Labor Organization (ILO) for Europe and Central Asia Heinz Koller was...

Fact sheet

Labour Migration Highlights No. 7

Strengthened Capacity of Constituents to Address Unacceptable Forms of Work in the Textiles and Garment Sector in Pakistan (Project fact...

The project complements the efforts of the ILO in Pakistan to strengthen the capacity of constituents to address unacceptable forms of work in garment sector. Subsequently, improving ILS ratification, application and compliance level through better...

International Domestic Workers’ Day

'I dared to ask'

One woman’s courage led to greater protection for domestic workers in South Africa. Her struggle illustrates the challenges faced by all vulnerable workers.

Op-Ed

NO to child labour, YES to quality education

104th International Labour Conference

ILO adopts historic labour standard to tackle the informal economy

“It is not just the adoption of this Recommendation, it’s actually putting it into practice that will matter,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

Domestic workers

Chile ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention

Chile is the nineteenth ILO member State and the tenth member State from the Latin and Central American region to ratify this instrument

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) and Domestic workers

Belgium ratifies the Conventions on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) and Domestic Workers

With the registration of the ratification of Conventions Nos. 159 and 189, Belgium will have ratified 105 international labour Conventions in addition to one Protocol. This ranks Belgium 7th among the list of countries with the highest number of...

Myanmar & International conventions

ILO/ITUC/PERC Workshop on Reinforcing trade union policies in OSH prevention

Participants from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine took part in the fifth NIS OSH Network meeting in Armenia organized together with the ILO Moscow and financial support from the LO/TCO.