News and articles
2013
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News
Good teachers vital to ensure right to education
24 April 2013,
Good teachers play a big role in getting every child into school and meeting the deadline for the Education for All goals in 1,000 days.
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Employment
New employment pattern offers opportunities but can be a two-edged sword
23 April 2013,
The amended Labour Code for the first time recognizes the practice of labour dispatch, where workers are employed by one company and ”dispatched” to work in another company. Chief Technical Advisor on Industrial Relations of ILO Viet Nam, Yoon Youngmo, analyzes the significant changes this will bring to the labour market.
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Press release
Promoting decent work for domestic workers
22 April 2013, Bangkok, Thailand
Good practices, new initiatives and innovative ways to promote decent work for domestic workers will be the focus of a regional knowledge-sharing forum, to be held from 24-26 April in Bangkok.
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News
Island-wide consultations on the Batas Kasambahay (Domestic Workers Law)
18 April 2013,
Public consultations on the rules and regulations of the Batas Kasambahay (Domestic Workers Law) were held nationwide. According to the Department of Labor and Employment, the Kasambahay Law fulfills the Philippine obligation to enact a national legislation in compliance with ILO Convention 189 Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers.
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Press release
Media accreditation information for the 102nd ILO International Labour Conference
17 April 2013,
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Press release
ILO supported Sindh TEVTA in establishing 147 Institute Management Committees to strengthen ‘Industry-Institute Linkages’
16 April 2013, Islamabad, Pakistan
The Empowering Vulnerable Groups through Education, Employment and Training (EET project) has supported Sindh Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority in strengthening industry-institute linkages (IIL) and work place learning (WPL) for TEVT institutes. In this regard studies to look at the current IIL and WPL practices were undertaken. The national seminar was held to present the findings and recommendations of the studies and to bring to light enablers and barriers of workplace learning in the context to technical and vocational education; and promote importance of IIL and WPL in workforce skills development.
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Labour relations
ILO and Fair Work Commission sign MOU on labour dispute resolution
15 April 2013, Melbourne, Australia
The ILO and the Australian workplace relations tribunal signed a memorandum of understanding to provide technical assistance in the area of labour dispute resolution.
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Press release
Strengthening business resilience of Indonesian small and medium enterprises in the face of disaster
15 April 2013, Jakarta, Indonesia
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are vulnerable to various types and forms of threats, dangers or crisis. The recent flood emergency in Jakarta in early 2013, for example, had severely hurt businesses, particularly SMEs. Floods had destroyed SMEs’ business assets and disrupted their business continuity, which in turn would put them at risk of losing their businesses and falling into poverty.
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Press release
Further efforts needed to work towards a sustainable and equitable economy, Says New ILO Report
04 April 2013, Jakarta, Indonesia
While the world economy still struggles to recover from the economic crisis, the overall outlook for Indonesia in 2012 was largely positive thanks to the country’s strong focus on the development of economic infrastructure to address constraints to growth as well as robust household consumption and growing investment.
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Press release
Provinces review Labour Laws with ILO Conventions
29 March 2013, Islamabad, Pakistan
More amendments are needed to harmonize the provincial Labour Legislations in line with Pakistan’s ratified ILO conventions. This was agreed by the representatives from the four provincial departments of labour, Gilgit-Baltistan, Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) who jointly reviewed the labour laws in a four days’ workshop, 26-29 March 2013, held in Islamabad.