“There is a need for employers to build their understanding on specific challenges faced by women and women migrant workers”. We will continue to support enterprise and organizations to develop their policies and practices to address sexual harassment with tools and training. Siriwan RomchattongSecretary General, Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT)

Gender inequality, violence, and harassment are unacceptable from legal, human rights, and ethical points of view. We, ASEAN employers, would not tolerate such behaviour and would support any effort and initiative to prevent and eliminate such practices in the workplase. SIRIWAN ROMCHATTHONGSecretary General, ASEAN Confederation of Employers.

  The 332nd Session of the Governing Body which I attended March 12-22, 2018 just ended with a little bit of drama not often seen in the workings of the ILO. There were many important items discussed, namely, among others, the Standard Initiative, Agenda of the 2019 ILC, the cases in the CFA, the tobacco […]

​The Asean Confederation of Employers (ACE) and South Asian Forum of Employers (SAFE) signed recently a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU primarily seeks to further the relationship between ACE and SAFE for the mutual benefit of both organizations. The ACE is currently chaired by the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) under the leadership […]

The 4th Regional Skills Technical Working Group (RSTWG) Meeting was held in Manila, Philippines on 10-11 July 2018 with the theme “Moving Towards the Mutual Recognition of Skills Implementation in the ASEAN”. The ASEAN Confederation of Employers (ACE) was invited to provide inputs on the proposed national action plans on the implementation of the mutual […]

​  Joint Statement of the ASEAN Trade Union Council and the ASEAN Confederation of Employers on the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers4-5 April 2019 Hotel Jen, Manila, The PhilippinesIntroduction   The Second Joint Meeting of the ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) and the ASEAN Confederation of Employers […]

​Speech of the President of ACEMr Ekasit Kunanantakul     Mr. Ancheta Tan, the immediate past President of ACE, President, board members and executives of ACE members and friends.   It is with great pleasure that ECOT is taking on the Presidency and the secretariat role of ACE, and particularly for me to take over […]