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Building a health and safety culture

When it comes to workplace safety and health, "social dialogue" matters.

Social dialogue for safe workplaces

Social dialogue for safe workplaces

The OSH code calls for committees for workers’ safety

Training in occupational safety for workers

Training in occupational safety for workers

V. Sivankutty inaugurates training programme on occupational safety for factory workers

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Hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in Ukraine waters – the legal rights of this profession are barely up to standard

While the world’s eyes have been on civilian casualties, forced displacement and potential war crimes on Ukrainian land, the plight of hundreds of seafarers trapped in commercial ships for the past several months has gone mostly unnoticed. They have been stranded in the main Ukrainian ports of Mariupol, Kherson and…

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Southeast Asia’s fishery workers overlooked in COVID relief: UN

ILO says migrant workers in the fishing industry are treated as ‘out of sight, out of mind’.

Stranded seafarers escape Ukraine, others trapped - ILO, sources

Some of the estimated 1,000 seafarers trapped in Ukraine have escaped, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and industry officials told Reuters, while voicing concern for those remaining trapped onboard ships or unaccounted for.

Getting serious about supporting the care economy

Care work is vital for economies in general and India needs to have a strategy and action plan for improved policies

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China's labour policies in Xinjiang are discriminatory, ILO body says

China's labour policies in Xinjiang are discriminatory, ILO body says

An International Labour Organization committee has expressed "deep concern" about China's policies in its far western region of Xinjiang, calling them discriminatory and asking Beijing to bring its employment practices into line with global standards.

Myanmar lost 1.6 million jobs in 2021 amid COVID, coup: ILO

Myanmar lost 1.6 million jobs in 2021 amid COVID, coup: ILO

International Labour Organization says Southeast Asian country’s labour market remains fragile after tumultuous year.

After COVID, Asia must bolster social safety net: UN labour chief

After COVID, Asia must bolster social safety net: UN labour chief

International Labour Organization head expresses optimism Asia-Pacific will not abandon globalisation post-pandemic.

Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed

Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed

In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of around 30 women sew scarves, dresses and baby clothes.

ILO report says Afghan crisis causing massive job losses

ILO report says Afghan crisis causing massive job losses

The International Labor Organization says more than a half million people in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover in mid-August

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Global employment won’t recover before 2023: UN labour body

Global employment won’t recover before 2023: UN labour body

The International Labour Organization projects 207 million unemployed in 2022.

Covid variants have led to worse global unemployment, says ILO

Covid variants have led to worse global unemployment, says ILO

Joblessness will remain above 2019 levels until at least 2023 and damage will take years to repair, report says

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