ILO and the Government of Brazil on South-South Cooperation Mission to Guyana and Suriname
Port of Spain (ILO News) – Having successfully completed activities in Saint Lucia and the Bahamas in March 2017, the International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Government of Brazil, will embark on a second round of technical assistance…
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“Accurate data will help to save lives” – ILO Director-General on World Day for Safety and Health at Work 28 April 2017
On thisWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work, the ILO highlights the urgent need for vastly improved national occupational safety and health (OSH) data. It is estimated that over 2.3 million fatalities and 300 million accidents causing injuries occur…
Upcoming Training Course: Communicating labour rights: A training course for media professionals – Blended
Description: The course aims to equip media professionals with the knowledge and competences to use international labour standards and the work of the international supervisory bodies to increasingly report and to raise public awareness of internationally recognized human and labour…
ILO revises its landmark Declaration on multinational enterprises
GENEVA (ILO News) ‒ The International Labour Organization has revised its landmark MNE Declaration. Its principles are aimed at multinational and national enterprises, governments, and employers’ and workers’ organizations in the areas of employment, training, conditions of work and life,…
How social protection can facilitate formalization in the Caribbean
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Representatives from 16 Caribbean countries are in Trinidad and Tobago (March 14-17) to discuss the extension of social protection in the context of formalization policies. Director of the ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean…
How social protection can facilitate formalization in the Caribbean
Port of Spain (ILO News) Representatives from 16 Caribbean countries are in Trinidad and Tobago (14-17 March 2017) to discuss the extension of social protection in the context of formalization policies. Director of the ILO Decent Work Team and Office…
10th ILO Caribbean Minister of Labour Meeting adopts its Conclusions
Kingston (ILO News) – Following two days of deliberation on realizing decent work under the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, the Ministers of Labour and other high-level representatives of the Ministries and Departments of Labour of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean1,…
ILO, Gallup to publish joint report on International Women’s Day
28 Feb 2017 GENEVA/WASHINGTON – The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Gallup will launch a joint report entitled Towards a Better Future for Women and Work: Voices of Women and Men on the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8…
The future of work in the Caribbean – Shaping the future we want
Kingston (ILO News) Around 150 representatives from governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, academia and civil society organizations from all over the region, participated today in a broad discussion focused on what the future of work would look like in the…
ILO to conduct high-level forum to discuss the Caribbean’s future of work
Port of Spain (ILO News) – A Caribbean Future of Work Forum, organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Government of Jamaica, will be held on 22 February 2017 in Kingston, Jamaica. The Forum will bring…
