Workers inside a garment factory. Credit: Garmentsphotos/Shutterstock.com. The ratification addresses key workplace issues such as violence, harassment, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bangladesh's ratification of three key conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) is seen as a major step towards improving labour rights and workplace safety, but experts say it also ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has promised that the administration will all ratified International Labour Organisation’s (ILO’s) conventions will be implemented. Ngige gave ...

On Wednesday, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) voted to ratify two conventions on forced labor. The conventions were established by the International Labor Organization ...

For the better part of the past two years, I have had the great privilege of heading the Department of Labor's Bureau of International Affairs. Simply put, it's the agency that carries out the ...

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 ...

The International Labour Organization (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 ...