Full Coverage: Labour

24.09.2007 BOGOTA, Sep 23 (OneWorld) - An environmental gold-mining initiative is set to double its production this year in an attempt to keep up with increasing national and global demand.

21.09.2007 The latest 5th edition of the Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) report, published every other year by the International Labour Organization, makes available labour market information, analysis and key elements. A set of 20 labour market indicators covers the various features of decent work deficits worldwide, keeping in mind the changing labour market conditions.

17.09.2007 IndiaÂ’s first attempt to introduce social security and other welfare schemes for workers in the unorganised sector, which constitutes an overwhelming majority of the countryÂ’s workforce, has received Cabinet approval. But it will have to wait until the winter session of Parliament to be passed into law.

14.09.2007 With informal workers constituting more than 92 per cent of the Indian workforce, the NCEUS report highlights that the present government must work to fulfil its promises, under the Common Minimum Program, to ensure decent conditions of work, minimum wages, and promotion employment and enterprise in the unorganised sector.

11.09.2007

06.09.2007 The Unorganised Sector Workers Social Security Bill that has been mired in controversy, following trade union protests on the grounds that it was inadequate, is likely to be cleared by the Indian cabinet. The Bill is likely to incorporate some but not all concerns of the trade unions.

05.09.2007 SYDNEY, Sep 5 (IPS) - As 21 world leaders representing 3 billion people prepare to meet at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this weekend, civil society groups are calling for an instant end to poverty and the war in Iraq and immediate action on climate change.

05.09.2007 According to a new opinion survey, Finns would rather have five more days off annually than to receive a two per cent pay rise.