News on International Labour Standards

New ILO's standards will help 21.5 million domestic workers

The Regional Model Competency Standards (RMCS) for Domestic Work will help more than 20 million domestic worker in Asia and the Pacific if ASEAN regional integration ensures the mutual recognition of skills of workers across borders, according to...

Domestic workers

Finland ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189)

Finland is the 17th ILO member State and the fifth European country to ratify this instrument, which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.

Russia’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to prepare bill to ratify ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention

Russia’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection will prepare a bill to ratify the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) already next year, Deputy Minister Andrei Pudov told TASS after a meeting of the ministry’s Public...

Buyers Forum Established

The two days buyers meeting organised by the joint collaboration of the Government of Netherlands, International Finance Corporation and the International Labour Organisation to Promote Decent Work for the Sustainability of Textile and Garment...

Promoting Decent Work for a Sustainable Textile and Garment Industry in Pakistan

The ILO, the Government of the Netherlands and the International Finance Corporation, in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan, are working together to support international standards and practices in Pakistan’s textile and garment sector, ...

Argentina

New law leads to new life for migrant domestic workers

After decades of labor organizing and with the support of the ILO, Argentina has passed a new migration policy to make life better for domestic workers.

Occupational Safety and Health Development in Nepal (SHIELD) (Project fact sheet)

The project aims to initiate a comprehensive plan for promoting occupational safety and health services and reforming labour inspection system in Nepal.

Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

Indigenous peoples development programme (IPDP): Project final fact sheet

In 1989, the ILO adopted the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No. 169, an instrument which seeks to promote and protect indigenous and tribal peoples in addressing all key aspects of indigenous peoples' rights.

Evaluation Clinic for Value Chain Development projects

Report on an event co-organized by M4DW-the Lab and the Youth Employment Programme 27-28 March 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

Fooled by randomisation: why RCTs might be the real ‘gold standard’ for private sector development

This is the lab’s first opinion piece to stimulate discussion and debate about a current ‘hot topic’ in results measurement.

Decent Work Objectives

ILO to bolster international labour standards and occupational safety and health in Kuwait

The International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) sign a technical cooperation agreement to advance the work of Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower.

Literature review on the labour market impacts of value chain development interventions

This review aims to distil the results of studies, in order to answer the question of what are the outcomes of value chain interventions covering the quantity and quality of jobs created.

Good working conditions, good business?

An analysis of Zambia's building construction market system

Social security

Workplace injury insurance must be part of the Rana Plaza legacy

Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships speaks about the lessons for Bangladesh from the Rana Plaza tragedy

Domestic workers

Switzerland ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189)

Switzerland is the 16th ILO member State and the fourth European country to ratify this instrument, which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of more than 53 million domestic workers worldwide.

ILO supports family violence legislation in China

The ILO and other UN agencies have pledged to support China for Family Violence Legislation.

Occupational Safety and Health

France ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)

Convention No. 187 is one of the ILO’s essential instruments in safety and health at the workplace

Unions can ensure laws are not just “paper promises” at the workplace

The ILO has called for a more effective social partnership to maximize employers’ legal compliance with labour law and employment standards.

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

New safety and health guidelines to protect seafarers

Maritime occupational safety and health experts agree on guidelines to bolster the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

Kazakhstan ratifies ILO Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has signed the Law to ratify the ILO Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention No. 187.