UNITED NATIONS : Bangladeshi lawmakers will receive an agreed upon labour reform package next month to improve the nation’s working conditions, the UN labour agency Sunday aid wrapping up a high-level visit to the South Asian country still reeling from the deadly collapse of a garment ...

ISLAMABAD – The International Labour Organization (ILO) as part of its project “Empowering Vulnerable Groups through Education, Employment and Training” will hold today a national seminar on ‘Promoting Industry Institute Linkages.The ceremony will be held at the ILO ...

LAHORE (PR) – To mark the Global Entrepreneurship Week and the 10th Anniversary of the International Labour Organization’s Women Economic Development (WED) programme, the ILO launched an Entrepreneurship training and Business Development Plan Competition “KHADIJA” for rural ...

ISLAMABAD – International Labour Organisation (ILO) is organising an award distribution ceremony for work done by photographers to raise awareness about child labour issues in the Country. This award ceremony to take place on October 9, 2012 at ILO auditorium, ILO Office Islamabad, would ...

KARCHI - The International Labour Organisation (ILO), Government of Pakistan, Employers Federation of Pakistan and Pakistan Workers Federation will jointly sign a second phase of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Decent Work Country Programme. In the post 18th constitutional amendment ...

KARACHI - International Labour Organisation senior social security specialist Markus Ruck visited head Office of Employees Old Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) on Wednesday for developing technical assistance programme.Zafar Iqbal Gondal briefed the visiting ILO delegation and informed that EOBI is ...

ISLAMABAD – The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Women have signed Letter of Intent to develop a common approach for better coordination and cooperation to work effectively on advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment initiatives.This initiative ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) would mark the World Day Against Child Labour on Saturday with an urgent appeal to go for the goal - end child labour, calling particular attention to achieving target of eliminating worst forms of child labour by 2016. According to ...

GENEVA (AFP) - At least 325,000 jobs have been lost in the financial sector since August 2007, the International Labour Organisation said on Monday, warning that even more jobs could go in the coming months. "As the global economy sinks further into recession, and financial institutions' assets ...

ISLAMABAD - The government should ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) Home Based Work Convention 1996 (C-177) to address the miseries of home-based workers, said Mubina Farid, Project Coordinator, ActionAid Islamabad, during an interview with TheNation. "The informal sector of ...

LAHORE (APP) - International Labour Organisation (ILO) Thursday welcomed the labour reforms announced by Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani and hoped that the new elected government would take all necessary steps to promote workers friendly atmosphere in the country. This was said by Mrs. ...