ILO holds seminar on labor laws

ILO holds seminar on labor laws

JAKARTA (JP): The International Labor Organization (ILO) will hold an Asia-Pacific symposium today to discuss matters related to international labor conventions.

Herman van der Laan, head of the ILO office in Jakarta, said the symposium, jointly organized with the Ministry of Manpower, will bring over 50 representatives of governments and of employers and workers organizations from 26 regional countries.

Foreign countries to attend the four-day meeting are, among others, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Fiji, India, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and Pakistan.

"The symposium aims at familiarizing the delegates with the procedures and topics of the forthcoming 82th international labor conference to be held in Geneva in June," van der Laan said.

One topic is on safety and health in mines. "Workers in this sector are subject to manifold dangers in the workplace and the new instruments will try to overcome the dangers."

Other topics include the expansion of the existing ILO labor inspection convention to activities in the non-commercial service sector and the "home as workplace" sector, which could affect millions of workers worldwide. (rms)