Progressing new labour laws in the Pacific Region
For the last two and a half years the ILO Office of Pacific Island Countries has been working closely with Governments and representative organisations of employers and workers in developing new labour legislation to progressively improve compliance with international labour standards.
27 August 2013
The continuing priority in the region includes revising labour legislation to better implement the ILO’s Fundamental Conventions relating to freedom of association and the right to collectively bargain, freedom from discrimination as well as the elimination of forced labour and child labour.
Technical assistance is currently being provided to:
• Tuvalu to review the Employment Act, Industrial Relations Code and Trade Unions Act.
• Papua New Guinea to review the Employment Act and develop new legislation to substantially update minimum terms and condition of employment.
• Kiribati to develop a new Employment and Industrial Relations Code to modernise the existing framework and progressively improve compliance with international labour standards.
• Tonga to assist in revising an existing Employment Relations Bill which is intended to establish a legislated minimum framework for the first time.
The reform process is on part of the ILO’s wider work to promoting strong and inclusive labour market governance frameworks. This includes significant attention to promoting tripartite dialogue between governments, employers and workers during policy development processes and increasingly providing assistance to labour administrations, employers and workers understand and implement their responsibilities under new labour legislation.
Technical assistance is currently being provided to:
• Tuvalu to review the Employment Act, Industrial Relations Code and Trade Unions Act.
• Papua New Guinea to review the Employment Act and develop new legislation to substantially update minimum terms and condition of employment.
• Kiribati to develop a new Employment and Industrial Relations Code to modernise the existing framework and progressively improve compliance with international labour standards.
• Tonga to assist in revising an existing Employment Relations Bill which is intended to establish a legislated minimum framework for the first time.
The reform process is on part of the ILO’s wider work to promoting strong and inclusive labour market governance frameworks. This includes significant attention to promoting tripartite dialogue between governments, employers and workers during policy development processes and increasingly providing assistance to labour administrations, employers and workers understand and implement their responsibilities under new labour legislation.