Jakarta, Nov. 10 -- Clark, Pampanga, the Philippines, 10 November 2026

- ASEAN launched two guidelines today to step up efforts to advance decent work in fishing and informal sectors, which are often vulnerable and hard to be reached by labour inspectorate. The Guidelines were adopted by the ASEAN labour ministers at their 29

th

Meeting in August 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand, for notation by the 49

th

ASEAN Summit, in Manila this week.

The

ASEAN Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health in the Informal Sector

and the

ASEAN Guidelines on Strengthening Labour Inspection in the Fishing Sector

were developed under the leadership of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of the Philippines as part of its 2026 ASEAN Chairship'...