News, articles and statements

2011

  1. News

    Training Workshop - Building Modern and Effective Labour Administration & Inspection System in Indonesia

    11 April 2011

    A week long training workshop for labour inspectors was carried out by LAB/ADMIN in partnership with ILO-Jakarta and the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (MOMT).

  2. News

    High Level Tripartite Technical Conference

    06 April 2011

    LAB/ADMIN participated in a High Level Tripartite Technical Conference in Buenos Aires from 6-7 April 2011.

  3. News

    Labour Inspection and Gender Equality Workshop

    07 March 2011

    LAB/ADMIN officers Carmen Bueno and René Robert assisted in a workshop on labour inspection and gender equality in Kyiv in the framework of the EU-ILO project “Gender Equality in the World of Work”.

  4. News

    European Campaign on Risk Assessment in the Use of Dangerous Substances - Summing Up Conference.

    07 March 2011

    G. Casale (Director) and M.L. Vega (Senior Specialist) from LAB/ADMIN took part in the Senior Labour Inspectors Committee conference on the European Campaign on Risk Assessment in the Use of Dangerous Substances in Lisbon, Portugal.

  5. News

    European labour forum on the role of labour administration and inspection systems in overcoming economic crises

    25 February 2011

    The purpose of the European Labour Forum (ELF) was to share experiences on the role of national systems of labour administration and inspection during the ongoing economic crisis, and to discuss opportunities to both modernize service delivery mechanisms, and to strengthen the role of labour ministries in macro-economic policymaking.

  6. News

    Seminar on recent trends in labour law in Colombia.

    23 February 2011

    The seminar, organised at the Faculty of Law of the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogotá saw the participation of more than 100 attendees among academics, students, researchers and practitioners.

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    Second South American Congress of Labour Law and Social Security.

    23 February 2011

    The 2nd South American Congress of Labour Law and Social Security took place in Bogota with the participation of academics, researchers, students and practitioners.

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    4th International Workshop on Labour Administration/Inspection and the Employment Relationship

    22 February 2011

    Mr. G. Casale (Director, LAB/ADMIN) and Mr. H. Villasmil (Senior Labour Law Specialist, Dialogue) took part in the 4th International Workshop on Labour Administration/Inspection and the Employment Relationship organised by the Academia Panameña de Derecho del Trabajo in Panama City on 21 February 2011.

  9. News

    Chinese national seminar on strengthening labour inspection services

    15 February 2011

    The Director of LAB/ADMIN (Mr. Giuseppe Casale) and Senior Labour Administration and Inspection Specialist (Ms. Maria Luz Vega) participated in a national seminar on strengthening labour inspection services on 15 February in Beijing.

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    ILO-Beijing unveils Chinese translation of ITC-ILO Training Curriculum for Labour Inspectors.

    29 January 2011

    During the Experience-Sharing Workshop held in Turin from 26-28 January 2011, the Chinese delegation including ILO and government officials presented a Chinese language version of the ILO training curriculum for labour inspectors.

  11. News

    Experience-Sharing Workshop on Strengthening Labour Inspection Services

    29 January 2011

    In the framework of the LAB/ADMIN – Norway project "Strengthening Labour Inspection Services", ILO officials from HQ and the field as well as delegates from labour inspectorates in Angola, Brazil, China, India and South Africa gathered at the ITC-ILO in Turin for an experience sharing Workshop.

  12. News

    Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and the ILO: Current Regulatory Perspectives

    27 January 2011

    Dr Giuseppe Casale, Director of LAB/ADMIN will give a public lecture on recent trends in law and practice in labour administration and labour inspection.

  13. News

    Training Workshop on “Building modern and effective labour administration and inspection systems in Indonesia”.

    17 January 2011

    Giuseppe Casale (Director, LAB/ADMIN), René Robert (Technical Specialist, LAB/ADMIN) and A. Sivananthiran (ILO consultant) conducted an initial training workshop for 40 Indonesian labour inspectors based on the ITC-ILO training package.

  14. News

    "International Seminar on Labour Inspection Good Practices".

    03 January 2011

    In the framework of the "Strengthening Labour Inspection Services" delegates from the Ministries of Labour and Labour inspectorates from 15 countries met in Brasilia from 6 to 8 December 2010 to share experiences on different practices and methodologies used by the inspectors at national level.

2010

  1. News

    International Workshop on Labour Inspection Sanctions and Remedies.

    05 December 2010

    More than 100 international experts, both academics and practitioners, took part in this two day workshop on one of the most pressing topics in labour inspection.

  2. News

    "Building modern and effective labour administration and inspection systems - users'"

    23 November 2010

    Nineteen high profile labour administration and inspection officers from Brazil, China, India, South Africa, Swaziland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Honduras, Guatemala and Italy attended the workshop "Building modern and effective labour administration and inspection systems - users'" training programme. The purpose of the training was to create a core group of experts who are able to make full use of the wide range of tools on labour administration and inspection and produced by the ILO (from methodologies on conducting audits to training materials and publications, etc...).

  3. News

    EU Belgium Presidency: SLIC Thematic Day and Plenary (Brussels 22 and 23 November 2010)

    22 November 2010

    Under the European Union Belgium Presidency, LAB/ADMIN has been invited to take part in the Senior Labour Inspectors Committee (SLIC) meeting organised in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 2010. The thematic day dealt with the effect of the precarious and atypical form of employment relationship on the health of workers and the challenge of organising an effective labour inspection in a dual labour world. Giuseppe Casale, Director, and Maria Luz Vega, Senior Labour Administration/Inspection Specialist, participated in the event by presenting the ILO perspective. LABADMIN also participate as observer in the SLIC plenary.

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    The Third Regional Conference of Labour Inspectorates in South Eastern Europe, Azerbaijan and Ukraine (RALI).

    18 November 2010

    On the 18th and 19th of November 2010, representatives from the RALI membership (Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Republic Srpska and Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Ukraine) held their third Regional Conference. The meeting was also attended by representatives from Labour Inspectorates and other institutions of the Netherlands, the Russian Federation, Tadzhikistan, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Norway, Germany and Canada along with the International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI), LAB/ADMIN and ILO-DWT/CO for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Participants reconfirmed the need for regional networking of labour inspectorates and pointed out the necessity of further promotion of cooperation.

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    CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN EXPERTS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM (UNDECLARED WORK)

    16 November 2010

    On 3 and 4 November 2010, a conference of experts from various European countries was held in Madrid at the Spanish School of Labour Inspection and Social Security. LAB/ADMIN participated in the conference. The aim of the conference was the establishment of a European network for the exchange of information among authorities involved in the fight against undeclared work. This conference was part of the project, “Implementing Cooperation in a European Network Against Undeclared Work” (ICENUW ) led by Belgium with the participation of the French and Italian labour inspectorates as partners, in addition to Spanish Labour Inspectorate.

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    Journées de travail organized by the Federal Coordination Commission of Occupational Safety, FCOS

    16 November 2010

    The ILO was invited for the first time to take part in the organized by the Federal Coordination Commission for Occupational Safety (FCOS) in Bienne, Switzerland. LAB/ADMIN provided a keynote speech at the National Congress on Occupational Safety and Health by giving a comparative overview of the current trends and issues in labour inspection in Europe.