News, articles and statements
2012
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Workshop on making modern OSH legislation
22 June 2012
The ILO’s Budapest Office along with the International Training Center of the ILO organized a workshop on effective occupational safety and health law making for 30 representatives of the Albanian Government, including labour inspectors and social partners.
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ILO Labour Administration and Inspection Programme - Information Session
09 June 2012
During the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, LAB/ADMIN held an information session for delegates to update them on the ILO's current work in the area of labour administration and inspection and to share experiences from a number of countries on recent developments and priorities at the national level.
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Workshops on Labour Inspection organized for social partners
08 June 2012
The ILO carried out two workshops in Ukraine on the role of labour inspection under the project Improving Collective Bargaining and Labour Law Compliance in Ukraine. The 50 attendees represented workers’ and employers’ organizations from different regions in the country. The workshops gave participants an opportunity to discuss among themselves and with the labour inspectorate, the current challenges for social partners in achieving decent working conditions and the possible means of tripartite cooperation in the area of labour inspection.
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SLIC Launches European Labour Inspectorate Code of Good Practice
15 May 2012
The European Senior Labour Inspectors Committee recently published a code of good practice for labour inspectorates.
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Meeting on Performance Management with South African Department of Labour
09 May 2012
A meeting between the ILO mission (Ludek Rychly, LAB/ADMIN and Limpho Mandoro, ILO Pretoria) and the Performance Management Team of South African Department of Labour, focussed on ILO assistance to improve the performance management system in South Africa's labour administration with special focus on inspection and enforcement services.
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Indonesia Establishes Tripartite Labour Inspection Committee
30 April 2012
In April 2012, the Directorate General of Labour Inspection of the Indonesia Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration established the country’s first ever tripartite Labour Inspection Committee. The Committee is governed by Ministerial Decree No. 10 of 2012 and is designed to strengthen the labour inspection system in Indonesia through the use of social dialogue.
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Guinea Labour Inspectors Prepare National Work Plan Conakry, Guinea 24-27 April 2012
28 April 2012
LAB/ADMIN together with the ILO Office in Dakar held a training workshop for some 35 labour inspectors and administrators in Conakry, Guinea, during which participants prepared a national work plan on labour inspection for the next six months.
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ILO presents findings and recommendations on Costa Rica's labour inspection system
19 April 2012
The ILO presented the results from its recent needs assessment on Costa Rica's labour inspection system in San José. The Labour Minister, Ms. Sandra Piszk, was present and thanked the ILO for its valuable recommendations.
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Labour Inspectors meet in Turin to discuss compliance and private monitoring
16 March 2012
LAB/ADMIN in collaboration with the ITC-ILO held an informal labour inspection meeting on the relationship between labour inspection, compliance and private monitoring.
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Sri Lanka Labour Inspection Needs Assessment
04 March 2012
At the invitation of the Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower, the ILO undertook a mission to assess the needs of labour inspection in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Labour Inspection Needs Assessment
04 March 2012
At the invitation of the Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower, the ILO undertook a mission to assess the needs of labour inspection in Sri Lanka.
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Viet Nam Labour Inspection Needs Assessment
27 February 2012
A team from LAB/ADMIN completed a week-long needs assessment of the labour inspection system in Viet Nam.
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Permanency of labour inspectors in El Salvador
24 February 2012
El Salvador has taken legislative steps to guarantee that all labour inspectors have the status of civil servants, thereby ensuring stability of employment in line with the ILO's Labour Inspection Convention, No. 81.
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Meetings with High-Level Officials from the Tunisia Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour
22 February 2012
The goal of these meetings was to better understand the organization and operation as well as the challenges, needs and priorities of the Tunisian General Directorate of Labour as well as the General Directorate of Labour Inspection, which are the main beneficiaries of ILO technical assistance in the area of labour administration.
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Presentation of Findings and Recommendations on Namibia's System of Labour Administration and Labour Inspection
14 February 2012
Following a LAB/ADMIN needs assessment of Namibia's labour administration and labour inspection systems in the Fall of 2011, Mr. Ludek Rychly (Senior Labour Administration/Inspection Specialist, ILO Geneva) and Mr. Limpho Mandoro (Social Dialogue and Labour Administration Specialist, ILO Pretoria) presented the findings and recommendations of the report in person to the Management Committee of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
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Tripartite Stakeholder Workshop on Labour Inspection in South Africa
10 February 2012
This Workshop was the last activity related to the 2010-11 ILO/Norway project on building modern and effective labour inspection systems.
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ILO launches project in Albania covering labour inspection
10 February 2012
The ILO formally launched a new two year technical co-operation project "IPA National Programme 2010 for Albania/Human Resources Development" financed by the European Commission.
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38th General Council Session of the African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC)
08 February 2012
A Senior Labour Administration/Inspection Specialist from LAB/ADMIN (Mr. Ludek Rychly) gave a presentation to the 38th Session of the ARLAC General Council on the ILO's current strategy on labour administration and inspection.
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36th ordinary governing body session of the African Regional Centre for Labour Administration (CRADAT)
03 February 2012
The 36th ordinary governing body session of CRADAT was held on the theme "Labour Administration for Africa's Development".
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LAB/ADMIN Planning Workshop for 2012-2013
19 January 2012
ILO labour administration and inspection specialists from around the world gathered in Geneva to discuss the results achieved during the past two years and to set priorities for action in target countries for the ILO's next two year programming cycle (2012-2013).