100 jaar IAO – 108ste Internationale Arbeidsconferentie “Building a Future with Decent Work” Read More
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100 jaar IAO – 108ste Internationale Arbeidsconferentie “Building a Future with Decent Work”
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Equal is not fair (enough)
I would like to thank the Director-General for his report on the “Women at Work Initiative – The Push for Equality”. It is very comprehensive and it provokes great discussion on the topic of gender equality. I will reflect upon some of the issues and I’m going to add some extra food for thought. Overall,… Read More
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105th INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE 2016: The 19th hole.
Plenary meeting address Kris De Meester Employer delegate Belgium The 19th hole Good morning ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues. Last year when addressing this plenary I talked in golf terms about bogey and birdie meaning a substandard ILO contribution to decent work in sustainable enterprises or an outstanding approach. When Director-Generals Guy Ryder came to our… Read More
Healthy workplaces “How do we create an organization where people are able and willing to do their best work?”
2 years of collecting and disseminating information, research, good practices and tools about the psychosocial aspects of work in general and stress in particular culminate today in the this closing event of the 2014-2015 healthy workplaces campaign. This topic is extremely important for the business community. We want our workers to deliver a productive contribution;… Read More
Informal to formal
The International Labour Conference just approved the recommendation on the transition form informal to formal economy. After 2 years of hard work and lengthy discussions a majority of 484 voted in favor, 1 against and 5 abstentions. On this occasion a lot is already said by my colleagues (both from employer, worker as government side).… Read More
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104th International Labour Conference 2015: Birdie of bogey?
International Labour Conference 2015 & the future of work
“We need to look at the longer term drivers of change, the transformational mega-trends, and what they imply for the goals we pursue in the ILO in its second century.” – ILO Director General Guy Ryder 4000 employer, worker and government delegates from 185 countries gathering in Geneva to discuss the transition from informal economy,… Read More
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I love prevention, but do I have any impact?
On this world health and safety at work day, I am extremely happy that the Latvia presidency of the EU decided to have a conference with as theme “From strategic framework towards effective implementation – OSH can be simple and entertaining”. Happy, because to me it means we don’t need to have endless discussions about… Read More
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Occupational safety and health in the future: a mirror palace…
My first views and reaction to the recent Commission Communication on an EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020* Dear all, God gave us 86400 seconds a day. Let me just use 10 of them to thank all people involved in the organization of this event and bringing us tot his magical… Read More
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Crossroads
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION 103rd ILC – Plenary meeting address – Kris De Meester – Employer delegate Belgium – Good morning ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues. While reflecting upon the Director-Generals report and the topics of this conference, there is one word that comes to my mind. That word is crossroads. Many countries, economies, regions… Read More
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