Full Name
Luis Rodrigo Morales
Job Title
Senior Adviser
Company
International Organization of Employers (IOE)
Speaker Bio
Luis Rodrigo is Senior Advisor at the International Organization of Employers. As such, he is involved in different policy areas, such as ILO supervisory mechanisms, the future of work, labour relations, social protection, business and human rights, and sectoral activities among others.
Luis Rodrigo holds a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico and a master’s degree in international business law (LL.M.) (cum laude), at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, School of Law, Leuven, Belgium.
Before joining the IOE, from 2013 to March 2019, he served as Minister of Labour Affairs in Europe for the Mexican Government, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. As such, he was responsible of providing legal advice to the government on international labour regulation and policy. He represented the government in various international forums such as: the International Labour Organization (ILO) the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Trade Organization (WTO), the G20, the International Organization for Migration (OIM), and the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD).
As government representative, he served as regional coordinator for the Group of the Americas at the ILO for the period 2015-2016 and as President of the Government Group of the ILO for the period 2016-2017.
He has participated in various negotiation processes regarding labour policy at the international level, such as the revision of the Multinational Enterprises Declaration of the ILO and the General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment, among others. He has also successfully conducted various ILO meetings, such as the Meeting of Experts to adopt Guidelines on Decent Work and Socially Responsible Tourism, the Committee to adopt the methodology to measure SDG 8.8.1 on Employment and the Sectoral Advisory Bodies of the ILO, among others.
Moreover, Luis Rodrigo participated as government representative in the negotiations related to EFTA-Mexico and EU-Mexico trade agreements with a special focus on labour related clauses and mobility of persons.
Luis Rodrigo holds a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico and a master’s degree in international business law (LL.M.) (cum laude), at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, School of Law, Leuven, Belgium.
Before joining the IOE, from 2013 to March 2019, he served as Minister of Labour Affairs in Europe for the Mexican Government, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. As such, he was responsible of providing legal advice to the government on international labour regulation and policy. He represented the government in various international forums such as: the International Labour Organization (ILO) the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Trade Organization (WTO), the G20, the International Organization for Migration (OIM), and the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD).
As government representative, he served as regional coordinator for the Group of the Americas at the ILO for the period 2015-2016 and as President of the Government Group of the ILO for the period 2016-2017.
He has participated in various negotiation processes regarding labour policy at the international level, such as the revision of the Multinational Enterprises Declaration of the ILO and the General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment, among others. He has also successfully conducted various ILO meetings, such as the Meeting of Experts to adopt Guidelines on Decent Work and Socially Responsible Tourism, the Committee to adopt the methodology to measure SDG 8.8.1 on Employment and the Sectoral Advisory Bodies of the ILO, among others.
Moreover, Luis Rodrigo participated as government representative in the negotiations related to EFTA-Mexico and EU-Mexico trade agreements with a special focus on labour related clauses and mobility of persons.
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