Amendments to the Bangladesh labour Act 2006 were adopted on 15 July 2013. Its conformity with international labour standards ratified by Bangladesh will be reviewed by the ILO supervisory machinery later in the year. The...

The bilingual publication of the 2012 Law on Trade Unions was launched on 23 July in Hanoi by the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL). The translation of the...

International Symposium on Culture of Prevention – Future Approaches, to be held on 25–27 September 2013 in Helsinki, Finland. On 29 June 2008, the XVIII World Congress on Safety and...

Last week I spoke at an extraordinary event in Aberdeen – Piper 25. This three-day conference was put on to “reflect, review, reinforce and re-energise” 25 years after the Piper...

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are calling for special attention to child domestic workers on the occasion of the World...

To mark World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO publishes a report outlining the abuses suffered by millions of children working in family homes. An estimated 10.5 million children worldwide...

Government, employer and worker delegates will share ideas on how the Work in fishing convention (n°188) can address major challenges in the industry, including safety and health and forced labour....

International experts, researchers and field practitioners are meeting at the ILO to discuss how investing in working conditions, safety and health and training can turn into increased competitiveness and performance...

Joint statement issued by the tripartite partners at the conclusion of the ILO’s high-level mission sent to Dhaka, Bangladesh, following the Rana Plaza Building collapse. The tripartite partners (Government, employers...

Around 215 million children world-wide are engaged in child labour. Much of this work is harmful, hazardous or even dangerous to their health and to their future life development. Children...