Online webinar

Labour Inspection in the Context of Domestic Work Sector

Organized by the joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, this webinar aims to adopt a strengthened regional approach to meet the needs of women migrant workers and social partners, and better protection from violence and abuses. It will focus on the importance of labour inspection for domestic work sector (including migrant domestic workers) and some ways different countries have attempted compliance with the principle and essence of ILO C 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers.

Objectives

As a regional programme, knowledge sharing across ASEAN countries and other countries with similar labour migration, and violence against women issues are key priorities of the Safe and Fair Programme.

The purpose of this thematic webinar is to adopt a strengthened regional approach to meet the needs of women migrant workers and social partners and better protection from violence and abuses.

The webinar will highlight the importance of labour inspection for domestic work sector (including migrant domestic workers) and some ways different countries have attempted compliance with the principle and essence of ILO C 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers.

The meeting is relevant to, and will deepen participants’ understanding of, the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No.189) and Recommendation 2011 (No. 201); the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81); the Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81); the ILO Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97) and Recommendation (Revised) No. 86; Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87); the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98); the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143) and Recommendation No. 151; the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (P029); and Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No.190).

Language

The webinar will be conducted in English.

Provisional agenda

7 September 2022, 14:00-16:00 (GMT +7)
  • Opening session (10 minutes)
    by Ms Panudda Boonpala, Deputy Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
  • Key note speaker (15 minutes)
    by Mr Rene Roberts, Senior Labour Inspection Specialist, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific
  • Sharing of experience (20 minutes)
    by Atty. Alvin B. Curada, Director, Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC), Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE), Philippines
  • Employers organizations perspective (10 minutes)
    by Mr Greg Chen, Indonesian Employers Association (APINDO)
  • Concerns of workers organization perspective (10 minutes)
    by Ms Bariyah Bariyah, International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF)
  • Open forum and discussion (20 minutes)
  • Closing (5 minute)