News
2013
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Collective bargaining in the public service: a way forward
25 February 2013
General Survey of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (2013) concerning labour relations and collective bargaining in the public service.
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Ecuador ratifies the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention
12 February 2013
Ecuador is the 43rd ILO member State and the 10th member State in Latin America to ratify this Convention which seeks to promote equality of opportunity and treatment for both male and female workers with family responsibilities as well as between workers with family responsibilities and those without such responsibilities.
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Meeting of Experts on Forced Labour and Trafficking for Labour Exploitation
The purpose of the Meeting was to formulate recommendations to the Governing Body on the scope for possible standard setting to complement the ILO’s Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105).
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Greece ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
08 February 2013
Greece has become the 32nd ILO member State and the tenth EU member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.
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Italy ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention
22 January 2013
Italy is the 4th ILO member State and the first EU member State to ratify this instrument which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.
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Malta ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
18 January 2013
Malta becomes the 34th ILO member State and the 12th EU member State to ratify this landmark Convention.
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Maldives ratifies the eight ILO fundamental Conventions
16 January 2013
The Maldives has ratified the eight ILO fundamental Conventions on 4 January 2013, dealing with four categories of fundamental principles and rights at work: freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; the effective abolition of child labour; and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
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Finland ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
10 January 2013
Finland is the 33rd ILO member State and the 11th EU member State to ratify this landmark Convention
2012
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366th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association
14 November 2012
The Committee of Freedom of Association, set up by the Governing Body at its 117th Session (November 1951), met at the International Labour Office, Geneva, on 1 and 2 November 2012, under the chairmanship of Professor Paul van der Heijden.
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365th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association
14 November 2012
The Committee on Freedom of Association set up by the Governing Body at its 117th Session (November 1951), met for its 316th Session at the International Labour Office, Geneva, on 1, 2 and 9 November 2012, under the chairmanship of Professor Paul van der Heijden.