News, articles and statements
November 2010
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Delegates of the People's Republic of China took part in a Training on modern and effective labour inspection systems (ITC/ILO - Turin, 8-19 November 2010).
11 November 2010
20 senior labour inspectors and managers of China are at the ITC/ILO to follow a 2-week course on Building Modern and Effective Labour Inspection Systems. The training modules were jointly developed by LAB/ADMIN and the ITC/ILO. The group will visit also the labour inspectorates of Florence and Rome.
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Labour administration and inspection: Challenges and perspectives
09 November 2010
On 9 November 2010, Mr G. Casale, Director LAB/ADMIN Programme, and his team presented the paper on labour administration and labour inspection to the ILO GB members.
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1st CIBELES meeting (Mallorca, 28 October 2010).
09 November 2010
On 28 October 2010, LAB/ADMIN participated in the first CIBELES meeting in Mallorca. CIBELES is a network created with the European Commission (EC) funding and is under the leadership of the Spanish Inspectorate for Labour and Social Security. Participating countries include Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Portugal. The aim is to build channels for the exchange of information, gather knowledge in order to build a basis for cross-border enforcement and mutual assistance and finally, provide guidance to the European Commission.
October 2010
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1st ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference
26 October 2010
The Conference aimed to compare experiences and to share good practices, to clarify goals, common needs and challenges of labour inspections in the ASEAN region.
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Ukrainian tripartite delegation visits Spain
25 October 2010
From 13 to 15 October 2010 a Ukrainian tripartite delegation headed by Mr. Cherchasov, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy, went to Madrid and visited the Spanish School of Labour Inspection and Social Security. The study visit was organized in the framework of the ‘Gender Equality in the World of Work’ project, funded by the European Union and co-funded and implemented by the ILO. The Ukrainian group held meetings at the Ministry of Equality, the Ministry of Labour and Migration, the Labour and Social Security Inspection as well as the company ENDESA.
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Workshops on "agency work and its role in the labour market" and on "labour administration and good governance".
25 October 2010
In the context of the Italian-funded project “Promoting good governance and decent work in the Mediterranean through improved labour administration and social dialogue” (INT/08/11/ITA), the Arab Centre for Labour Administration and Employment (ACLAE) along with the Algerian Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security (Mr. Tayeb Louh), the International Training Centre of the ILO and LAB/ADMIN, carried out two joint workshops (3-4 and 5-6 October). The first workshop dealt with agency work and its role in the labour market. It included participants from Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. The second workshop on labour administration and good governance brought together 30 Algerian participants as well as French and Spanish experts who shared their own national experiences on the topic. The activity was fortunate to have Minister Tayeb Louh speak at the opening session. He touched on the themes of the two workshops as well as offering examples from his own country on the measures adopted or planned by his own government to promote decent work and development. LAB/ADMIN was represented by its Director, Giuseppe Casale and Moussa Oumarou, Senior Labour Administration Specialist. The workshops were widely covered by the local press and their conclusions and recommendations are available from LAB/ADMIN upon request.
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National Conference on Labour Inspection Policy in South Africa
11 October 2010
Within the framework of the ILO/Norway project “ Strengthening labour inspection effectiveness” (INT/09/62/NOR) a National Labour Inspection Policy Conference was held in Pretoria on 27-28 September 2010 on the theme of “Strengthening Labour Inspection Systems in South Africa”. This conference was a culmination of a series of activities that followed last year’s labour administration and labour inspection audit and were funded by the Government of Norway, especially a conference on DoL’s repositioning (Rustenburg, February), three training of trainers (Johannesburg, February and March; Turin, September) and one training of LI managers (Johannesburg, May). The National Conference was also attended by the Norwegian MPs of the Standing Committee of Labour and Social Affairs.
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Visit to the Ministry of Human Resources
11 October 2010
Mr. Giuseppe Casale, Director of LAB/ADMIN, met with the Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia, H.E. Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam, and his colleagues. Mr. Casale was accompanied by Mr. A. Sivananthiran (former ILO official). They discussed the forthcoming ILC general discussion item on labour administration and inspection. The Minister expressed appreciation of the ILO work in the field of labour administration and inspection and requested ad hoc training in these areas for Ministry’ officials.
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ILERA Study Group on Re-engineering Labour Administration met at the 7th Asian Congress of the IIRA (now ILERA)
11 October 2010
Dr. Giuseppe Casale, Director of the ILO Labour Administration and Inspection Programme and Mr. A. Sivananthiran (international consultant and former ILO official), coordinators of the Study Group on Re-engineering Labour Administration convened the meeting in Bali on the occasion of the 7th Asian Congress of the IIRA, now ILERA. The meeting saw a the participation of ministry’ officials, labour inspectors, workers and employers representatives, and researchers and academics. More than 60 persons took part in the event, expressing strong interest in the topic. Following that meeting and encouraged by the enthusiasm of the participants, Dr. Casale and Mr. Sivananthiran will continue to collect the various experiences on labour administration and inspection with a view to presenting the first comparative findings at the next meeting of the Study Group which will take place during the 16th ILERA (IIRA) World Congress that will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, (2-5 July 2012).
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International Conference on Tackling Undeclared Work in the EU
05 October 2010
The Conference was sponsored by the Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Eurofound and ITC Turin and was held at the Ministry’s training centre at Kremikovtzi. The main goals of the Conference were: i) to take stock of the state of undeclared work in the European Union and to examine ways of tackling the phenomenon; and ii) to sign a trilateral cooperation agreement on undeclared work between the Ministries of Bulgaria, Greece and Romania. The Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania participated, as did the Deputy Minister from Greece with the three of them accompanied by the Director of the Labour Inspection Services. The ILO was represented by Ms. Susanne Hoffmann, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Ms. Maria-Luz Vega, Senior Labour Administration/Inspection specialist (LAB/ADMIN), and Mr. Mark Levin, Director ILO SRO-Budapest. Eurofound was represented by its Director, Ms. Jorma Karppinen, as well as other staff. ITC Turin was represented by Ms. Yordanka Tzvetkova. In addition, there were a number of resource persons as well as the social partners and representatives of Ministries of Labour.
September 2010
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EU and ILO promote gender equality in the Ukrainian labour inspection system
28 September 2010
LAB/ADMIN was invited to participate in a training session on gender equality for Ukrainian labour inspectors. The event was held in Kyiv within the framework of the EU-ILO “Gender Equality in the World of Work” project. Ms. Maria-Luz Vega, senior labour administration/inspection specialist and Mr. René Robert, labour administration/inspection officer, participated on behalf of LAB/ADMIN.
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Senior Labour Inspection Specialist visits Brazil
13 September 2010
Senior Labour Inspection Specialist visits Brazil: in the framework of the Norweigan funded project "strengthening labour inspection services" LAB/ADMIN senior labour inspection specialist, Maria Luz Vega, visited São Paulo, Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro , both to share international practices and learn more about the Brazilian experience. A presentation on the new Brazilian labour inspection methodology was made by the Federal Labour Inspectorate (SIT). Some Brazilian good practices in labour inspection discussed included combating child labour and forced labour, and labour inspection in the maritime sector. In addition, innovative ways of looking at labour inspection were explored including on the issues of green jobs and gender equality. Other meetings that took place, included with the National Trade Union for Labour Inspectors (SINAIT), the Institute on Applied Economics Research (IPEA), and a courtesy visit to the Norweigan Embassy. The mission finalized with a visit to an oil tanker ship led by the national coordination of labour inspection in ports and waterways.
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Workshop on "Building modern and effective labour administration and labour inspection systems"
01 September 2010
LAB/ADMIN and ITC/Turin have organised a training workshop on "Building modern and effective labour administration and labour inspection systems" (30 August - 10 September 2010) for a group of senior labour administrators and inspectors of India and South Africa. This is part of the training programme developing within the Norwegian funded project (INT/09/62/NOR)
July 2010
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Feasibility of a European Platform on Undeclared Work
13 July 2010
LAB/ADMIN was invited to participate in a workshop organized on behalf of the EC by Regioplan to discuss the feasibility of establishing a platform to prevent and fight against undeclared work. On 9 July 2010, Maria-Luz Vega participated on behalf of LAB/ADMIN, as ILO Expert in the abovementioned meeting. Several issues were raised and the need for collaboration between the EU and the ILO on this subject has been highlighted.
June 2010
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ILC Information Session
02 June 2010
LAB/ADMIN invites you to join us for an information session on the latest news in labour administration and inspection. Our team will present recent developments from the regions and will share some of the newest tools to help constituents modernize labour administration and strengthen labour inspection services. Please join us on 10 June 2010 at the ILO in Room II at 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. to find out more. Hope to see you there.
May 2010
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Theoretical and practical training course on Labour Inspection
17 May 2010
The ILO started, on 17th May, a theoretical and practical training course on labour inspection in Lebanon, which extends for 5 days. The course is being attended by 40 participants of labour inspectors, OSH inspectors, workers' representatives, employers representatives and social security inspectors. The topics of the course included, among others, labour inspection visits, OSH inspection, inspection of employment relations, inspection of working inspection, Corporate Social Responsibility and the challenges facing labour inspection. It also included field visits to some enterprises for practical training. Earlier this month, the ILO also conducted a similar course in Syria and completed in Oman, an other training program on labour inspection, which included participants from the workers' and employers organizations, in addition to labour inspectors.
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Training seminar for labour inspectors
17 May 2010
In the framework of the Norwegian project, a subregional training seminar for labour inspectors was held in Bitola, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, from 10-14 May 2010. The aim of the activity was to present the training curriculum on labour inspection developed by the ILO's International Training Center in Turin. The materials can be used in the participants' countries for the training of labour inspectors. Part of the curriculum was translated into Montenegrin and Macedonian languages.
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“Labour Inspection Reform in South Africa: Training of Trainers, Managers”
12 May 2010
LAB/ADMIN officials (Mr G. Casale, Director, Mr L. Rychly, Senior Specialist and Mr A. Sivananthiran, Consultant) with the assistance of the ILO Pretoria Office gave a major training workshop for managers of labour inspection departments in South Africa. The training of trainers is a key component of the Norwegian funded project, “Strengthening labour inspection services”. All provincial labour inspectorates attended this training workshop.
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Training program on labour inspection
10 May 2010
The ILO organized a training program on labour inspection from 2-5 March in Syria, within the Norwegian project “Enhancing Labour Inspection Effectiveness”. The main topics of the training were the International Labour Standards, the national labour legislation, best practices and procedures of labour inspection, the role of social dialogue in promoting labour standard and occupational safety and health.
April 2010
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The role of labour inspection in combating forced labour
30 April 2010
LAB/ADMIN participated in a seminar on “the role of labour inspection to combat forced labour” was held in Wroclaw, Poland (9-10 March). The seminar took place in the context of the EC funded project “Transnational Multi-Stakeholder Action to combat trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation: Identification and protection of victims (FREED)”. The project is being implemented by the Italian Department for Equal Opportunities in partnership with the ILO's Special Action Programme to combat Forced Labour (SAP/FL) and with labour inspectorates, law enforcement and trade unions in Italy, Portugal, Poland and Romania. The purpose of the seminar was to validate the ILO handbook for labour inspectors on forced labour and human trafficking. Participants were given the opportunity to share their professional experiences in the field of investigating and sanctioning cases of forced labour, identification of victims of trafficking for forced labour and their modes of cooperation with other government agencies, law enforcement officials and workers’ and employers’ organizations. Through presentations and group exercises, participants were invited to provide comments on the handbook in order to adapt its contents to national conditions in Poland. The revised handbook will ultimately serve as a training tool for Polish labour inspectors on the subject.