Employment promotion resources

April 2010

  1. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 5 Health

    27 April 2010

    At the moment, there is no Government's health care program for domestic workers in Indonesia, and yet, it does not make Riris Sarumpaet, an employer, ignores the need of taking good care of the health condition of her domestic worker. This video shows us how in such situation, where domestic workers has no guarantee of their social security, the employers still need to pay attention to the health condition of their domestic workers as part of ways for respecting the employment relationship between the two.

  2. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 4 Working environment

    26 April 2010

    As other workers, a domestic workers need to work in a situation where they fully understand and enjoy the respect and fulfilment of their rights; a situation where their duty can be done properly without avoiding respect to their needs as human being. The implementation of a decent working hour, rest time, and other employment aspects would create a good working environment for both domestic worker and his/her employer.

  3. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 3 Overtime

    25 April 2010

    This video, through the characters of Mirdalena and Aliyah, gives the example of how an employer respects her domestic worker by providing her over time fee. The employer pays the overtime every time she needs her domestic workers' assistance longer than the regular working hours and on holidays. In the context of Indonesia, and in the absence of working hour regulation for domestic workers as it should be, this video has a message which in line with ILO's role for creating decent work for all with regard to overtime.

  4. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 2 Salary

    24 April 2010

    While other workers have different set of minimum wage standards for their income, there is no standard yet in Indonesia for the salary of domestic workers. In the meantime, it is heavily depend on the employer's generosity. In this circumstances, and as part of the campaign and program of the ILO for creating decent work for all, this video has a main message for the viewers: the work load and the need of the domestic workers and his/her family have to be considered wisely when setting up the salary level of the domestic worker.

  5. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 1 Myths

    23 April 2010

    In Indonesia, most households consider the relationship between domestic workers and employers as a non-employment relationship. If you ask them, many will answer that it is more as a "family relationship" rather than an employment-relationship. Without opposing the positive meaning of "family relationship", this video emphasizes that beyond the personal relationship and approach, however, domestic worker's rights as workers should be respected and protected as it is applies to others workers, as clearly promoted by Atiqah Hasiholan, an Indonesian young female rising movie star.

  6. APYouthNet discussion forum consolidated product 4: Vulnerable youth

    04 April 2010

    Synthesis of the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Youth Employment (APYN) fourth discussion forum that took place 16 March - 4 April 2010.

  7. Indonesia: The Maluku Youth Sailing the Sea

    01 April 2010

    The short film highlights the youth employment project in the Aru Island of Maluku, showing that the skills of unemployed youths in the remote area could be improved through an integrated training approach. The trainings, in turn, helped them to get a job in a big fishery company. The project applied an integrated 4 in 1 approach and promoted good synergy among local government, NGO, company and trade union.

March 2010

  1. Tripartite Consultation Workshop on Measuring Decent Work in Indonesia

    The Workshop aims to provide a platform for policymakers, statisticians, representatives of Workers’ and Employers’ organizations and other stakeholders in Indonesia to discuss the ILO’s framework for monitoring decent work.

  2. Thai Unions to promote decent work for persons with disabilities

    08 March 2010

    (ILO Bangkok) The push for greater recognition in the workplace of the rights of people with disabilities has received a boost from Thai trade unions. Facilitated by the ILO, representatives of worker organizations met to discuss the role of trade unions in promoting the rights, employability and employment of women and men with disabilities at a workshop in Bangkok, 4-5 March. Following the meeting, it was agreed that a further consultation of people with disabilities would be conducted by worker organizations before approaching the authorities to advocate on their behalf.

  3. International Women's Day: A dozen countries in Asia-Pacific say 'yes' in principle to international labour standard for domestic workers - global discussion at ILC in June

    05 March 2010

    (Bangkok) Governments, worker and employer organizations in Asia and the Pacific have indicated their general support – in principle – of setting a new international labour standard which could offer better social protection to millions of domestic workers – defined as women and men – who earn their living by working in the homes of others.