Interactions between Workers’ Organizations and Workers in the Informal Economy: A Compendium of Practice

This ILO publication offers concrete examples, drawn from around the world, showing how trade unions have sought to reach out to workers in the informal economy to reduce the decent …

ILO: Achieving decent work in global supply chains

The purpose of this report is to facilitate discussion in the third meeting subsequent to the 2016 Conference discussion. In June 2019, the Governing Body determined that it should be …

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Refugees and decent work: Lessons learned from recent refugee jobs compacts

The paper “addresses refugee livelihoods – in particular, waged work for refugees – from a labour standards perspective. This is in contrast to the usual approach to refugee livelihoods, in …

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Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains

By adopting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global community has committed to end child labour by 2025 and forced labour and human trafficking by 2030. According to the latest …

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Ending violence and harassment in the world of work – “ILO Blue Report”

The report contains the English and French versions of the proposed texts of the Convention and Recommendation, as amended in light of the replies received, and for the reasons given …

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Core elements of a bilateral agreement or a memorandum of understanding on labor migration

Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and bilateral labor agreements (BLAs) are important instruments between the countries of origin and countries of destination. They help regulate labor migration, protect migrant workers’ rights …

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Analysis of the Implementation of the Policy on Labor Migration 2016-2017

The Royal Government of Cambodia issued its second Labor Migration Policy (LMP) in December 2014. The LMP was developed by the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (MOLVT), relevant line …

African Cooperative Leaders Share Their Observations on the 2017 ILO/JCCU Study Tour in Japan

This article reports the leaders’ observations and insights after the study tour in Japan. Among these countries, Kenyan representative thought the cooperatives in Kenya should consider offering mutual insurance services, …

Occupational Safety and Health in the Oil and Gas Industry in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries

This paper considers the occupational safety and health problem in the oil and gas industry. Workers in this industry may suffer physical risks, biological risks and overtime. Kenya mainly uses …

Safeguarding the Rights of Asian Migrant Workers from Home to the Workplace

This report points to the growing number of labor migrants in Asia and examines the policy question of how to best safeguard their rights. Governments and stakeholders in both origin …

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