“Over two billion workers, representing 61.2 per cent of global employment, are in the informal economy (ILO 2018a). Workers’ experiences differ significantly depending on their occupation, with women concentrated in …
ILO Flagship Social Dialogue Report 2022: Collective bargaining for an inclusive sustainable and resilient recovery
“Concerns have been growing over rising in- equality in earnings and widening gaps in labour market opportunities. This is mirrored by sluggish productivity growth on the one hand, and a …
UN’s labour agency suspends cooperation with Russia
ILO suspends cooperation with Russia, except when related to humanitarian assistance, until it halts its war on Ukraine. The UN’s International Labour Organization has said it will halt all technical …
Bangladesh ratifies the Minimum Age Convention
Bangladesh has now ratified all ILO Fundamental instruments. On 22 March 2022, the Government of Bangladesh deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Minimum Age Convention, …
ILO Committee of Experts of the Application of Conventions and recommendations (CEACR) 2022
The ILO CEACR has published its 2022 annual report. The CEACR has ‘double footnoted’ the most concerning cases: Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, China, Malawi, and Myanmar
Acuerdo para reintegrar a pilotos de Avianca que fueron despedidos por la huelga
Luego de cuatro años de realizada la huelga más larga de la historia en el transporte aéreo, en Colombia, decidida por ACDAC sindicato gremial de pilotos, en la empresa Avianca, …
Italy ratifies the ILO Convention (No. 190) on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work
On 29 October 2021, Italy deposited the instrument of ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) , with the Director-General of the ILO, thereby becoming the ninth country in …
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