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  1. © ILO/F. Latief 2024

    News

    ILO welcomes the ASEAN Declaration on Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers

    19 May 2023

    The issuance of the ASEAN Declaration on Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers is in line with ILO’s work in Indonesia to strengthen and support the realization of decent working conditions for Indonesian fishers within the country and abroad.

  2. © John Hulme 2024

    Ship to Shore Rights

    Access to justice expanded for migrant fishing and seafood processing workers in Cambodia

    01 May 2023

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) delivers training to key stakeholders on resolution of migrant workers' grievances in Banteay Meanchey, Koh Kong and Pursat provinces.

  3. © ILO/OIT 2024

    ILOSTAT Blog

    Beyond the numbers: Exploring the relationship between collective bargaining coverage and inequality

    28 April 2023

    Collective bargaining plays a key role in promoting decent work and improving working conditions. But what does the ILO’s industrial relations data show regarding the relationship between collective bargaining coverage, trade union density, and outcomes for workers? How can we assess the impact on workers’ lives?

  4. News

    The ILO supports the launch of survey on decent wages for journalists

    17 April 2023

    The ILO supports the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta to promote decent wages and working conditions for Indonesian journalists.

  5. News

    Gender-based collective bargaining agreements better protect rights of woman workers

    31 March 2023

    The ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia Programme promotes a gender-based collective bargaining negotiation and agreement to better protect the rights of woman workers in the seafood processing industry.

  6. News

    Strengthening the capacity of Manpower Ministry’s Development Centre of Human Resources to be more adaptive with emerging industrial relations issues

    16 March 2023

    As requested by the Ministry of Manpower, the ILO provides a two-day training session on industrial relations to strengthen the capacity of the Manpower Ministry’s Development Centre of Human Resources to be more adaptive with the fast changing world of work and emerging industrial relations issues.

  7. International labour standards

    Lesotho ratifies three ILO Conventions

    16 March 2023

    Lesotho deposited the instruments of ratification of the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151), the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).

  8. Governance and Tripartism Department

    Access to labour justice: A diagnostic tool for self-assessing the effectiveness of labour dispute prevention and resolution

    28 February 2023

    The ILO developed a diagnostic tool for the self-assessment of the functioning of judicial and non-judicial institutions for dispute prevention and resolution to help governments and social partners to get a common understanding of the current situation, identify potential opportunities and challenges, and jointly devise measures to address them.

  9. Promotion of social dialogue

    Bipartite dialogues improve productivity of the palm oil industry and make business more resilient

    22 February 2023

    Upholding the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining is found to be a foundation for improving productivity and increasing number of workers joining trade unions that lead to the advanced protection of workers’ rights in palm oil sector.

  10. Factsheet

    Access to labour justice in collective labour disputes: Evidence from the updated IRLex database

    22 February 2023

    Collective labour disputes are an inevitable feature of the world of work and efficient, fair and accessible systems for the resolution of such disputes are an essential element of a well-functioning industrial relations system. The notion of access to labour justice encompasses judicial and non-judicial mechanisms and institutions dealing with the prevention and resolution of individual and collective labour disputes. This IRLex factsheets provides a comparative overview of legislation regulating mechanisms for the resolution of collective labour disputes of judicial, quasi-judicial and extrajudicial nature. Furthermore, it provides an overview of bipartite processes as well as of processes of third-party intervention and of the role that labour inspectorates and enforcement agencies play in securing effective access to justice.