Labor groups around the world celebrated last Thursday after the United Nations’ International Labour Organization adopted a historic treaty that increases protections for millions of domestic workers ...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) is one of the oldest multilateral organizations in the United Nations system. The primary products of the organization are nearly 200 conventions to codify ...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was founded in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles. The only element of the League of Nations to survive World War II, the ILO is now a specialized agency ...

To mark its centenary, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called on governments to ratify at least one international labour standard in 2019. According to Director, International Labour ...

Brig Gen (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain noted that among the three conventions, Convention 155 (Occupational Safety and Health) and Convention 187 (Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and ...

A new Convention with an accompanying Recommendation was adopted at the conference aimed at preventing exposure to, and protecting workers from, biological hazards in the workplace. The Convention is ...

A dialogue on the next steps for implementing three International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions was held in Dhaka on Tuesday, aiming to strengthen labour rights protection in Bangladesh. The ...

The ILO is the only UN organization where American companies have a constitutional right to debate and vote. Last Friday, following an Executive Order to review US funding of international ...

Ratifying key International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions will help Bangladesh better negotiate the GSP+ scheme and a potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), as it ...

THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action on the approval of the revised National Policy on Labour Migration. Director, ILO Abuja Country ...

Jason Hayward, Minister of Economy and Labour, this week attended the 13th International Labour Organisation’s meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour, which serves as a precursor to the 113th ...

This is best done not via heavy regulation but by promoting basic rights and protections and allowing nations to apply them to their unique circumstances. The U.S. should expand its ILO representation ...