IEA at the International Labour Conference

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  The IEA was represented at the 114th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva by Andrew Thatcher and Thomas Alexander. The ILC sets the international labour standards and the broad policies of the ILO. During the conference, several thousand representatives from Government, Employers and Workers of the 187 ILO member states and

 

The IEA was represented at the 114th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva by Andrew Thatcher and Thomas Alexander. The ILC sets the international labour standards and the broad policies of the ILO. During the conference, several thousand representatives from Government, Employers and Workers of the 187 ILO member states and non-government organizations gathered at the UN campus in Geneva to discuss world of work issues such as decent work in the platform economy, a transformative agenda for gender equality at work and social dialogue and tripartism (https://www.ilo.org/international-labour-conference/114th-session-international-labour-conference#programme). IEA was invited to participate in this event as non-government organization.

 

IEA/ILO-Meeting Grace Gothuey, Francisco O’Connor, Catherine, Andrew Thatcher, Shengli Liu, and Federica Masci (from left to right)

Andrew Thatcher met with the ILO’s ergonomics team headed by Shengli Niu to discuss the IEA’s background report on ergonomics and to discuss the future international instrument on ergonomics and human factors.

 

Thomas Alexander in the UN General Assembly Hall

Thomas Alexander gave a speech in the plenary sitting on Monday 8 June to Government, Employers and Workers. The speech highlighted the contributions that ergonomics and human factors can make to support effective work in future. The speech specifically addressed ergonomics and human factors issues in the context of the Director-General of the ILO’s report, “A moment of choice: harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work”.  The speech was well received, and many discussions with other delegates with various backgrounds followed.

 

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