Learning Objectives : After learning the concept, the students will be able: To identify the important concepts of ILO To determine the role of ILO in protecting the rights of the labor force To apply measure to protect the rights of human being in terms of work and environment
Background of International Labour Organization 1919 - t he year when ILO was created by Part XIII of the Versailles Peace Treaty ending World War I 1930s- sought ways to combat widespread unemployment due to worldwide economic depression 1946- ILO became the first specialized agency associated with the United Nations
Background of International Labour Organization 1969- was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace 1971- membership increased from 45 countries to 121 countries
Background of International Labour Organization Geneva, Switzerland- where ILO office is located, it is the Organization’s secretariat, operational headquarters, research center, and publishing house - Its operations are staffed at headquarters and around the world by more than 3,000 people of some 100 nationalities.
Background of International Labour Organization In its first decade the ILO was primarily concerned with legislative and research efforts promoting proper minimum standards of labour legislation for adoption by member states arranging collaboration among workers, employers, government delegates, and ILO staff
Background of International Labour Organization UNIQUENESS of ILO representatives of the workers and of the employers have an equal voice ILO’s supreme deliberative body, is composed of four representatives from each member country: two government delegates , one worker and one employer delegate, each of whom may speak and vote independently
Background of International Labour Organization UNIQUENESS of ILO guided by the Governing Body , comprising twenty-four government , twelve worker and twelve employer members, plus twelve deputy members from each of these three groups Activities are decentralized to regional, area, and branch offices in over forty countries
International Labour Organization specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) dedicated to improving labor conditions and living standards throughout the world. devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity
International Labour Organization helps advance the creation of decent work and the economic and working conditions that give working people and businesspeople a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress unique tripartite structure gives an equal voice to workers, employers and governments providing a unique platform for promoting decent work for all women and men.
ILO three major tasks 01 Adoption of international labor standards, called Conventions and recommendations, for implementation by member states 02 Technical cooperation to assist developing nations S tandard-setting and technical cooperation are bolstered by an extensive research, training, education, and publications program 03
ILO F our S trategic Objectives 01 Promote and realize standards and fundamental principles and rights at work 02 03 Create greater opportunities for women and men to decent employment and income Enhance the coverage and effectiveness of social protection for all Strengthen tripartism and social dialogue 04
Functions of the ILO 1. Development and promotion of standards for national legislation to protect and improve working conditions and standards of living. 2. Provides t echnical assistance in social policy and administration and in workforce training
Functions of the ILO 3. F osters cooperative organizations and rural industries 4. Compiles labour statistics 5. C onducts research on the social problems of international competition, u nemployment and underemployment, labour and industrial relations
Functions of the ILO 6. Technologicalchange including automation 7. H elps to protect the rights of international migrants and organized labour
ILO serves its tripartite constituents -and society as a whole- in a variety of ways, including: 1. Formulation of international policies and programmes to promote basic human rights, improve working and living conditions, and enhance employment opportunities
ILO serves its tripartite constituents -and society as a whole- in a variety of ways, including: 1. Formulation of international policies and programmes to promote basic human rights , improve working and living conditions , and enhance employment opportunities
2. Creation of international labour standards backed by a unique system to supervise their application 3.An extensive programme of international technical cooperation formulated and implemented in an active partnership with constituents, to help countries put these policies into practice in an effective manner 4.Training, education and research activities to help advance all of these efforts
International Labor Law International labor law is a set of rules which apply through public international law (that is, the law between different countries or states), and private international law (the law between individuals or businesses who live or operate in different countries).
International Labor Law It sometimes also includes ‘comparative law’: Legal principles as they apply across different countries
International Labor Law is the body of international legal norms which regulates issues concerning work. International labour law covers both the substantive rules of law established at the international level and the procedural rules relating to their adoption and implementation at the national level (Sweptson,2010)
International Labor Standards ILO is a United Nations Agency that sets universal labor standards standards that contained in 189 conventions or treaties which individual countries need to ‘ratify’ or sign up to Once a country has signed up to those standards, it must adopt and enforce them as part of its domestic law Note: The most fundamental labor standards are contained in the ‘Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work’.
Four fundamental policies for labor 01 A right of workers to free association and collective bargaining 02 03 A prohibition on forced or compulsory labor A prohibition on child labor A prohibition on unfair discrimination among workers 04
Principles of Labor Law in All Countries 01 Employee Contracts 02 03 Minimum wage . Employee Termination Payroll obligations 04 Employee benefits 05
YEAR LAW DECLARATION 1948 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (Article 23 establishes the right to work to equal and fair remuneration and the right to form and join trade unions) 1965 The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1966 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1979 The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 1989 The Convention on the Rights of the Child 2003 The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
YEAR LAW DECLARATION 1930 (No. 29) Forced Labour Convention 1948(No. 87) Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention 1949 (No. 98) Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Agreement 1957(No. 105) Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1973(No.138) Minimum Age Conventi on, 1999(No.182) Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1951(No. 100) Equal Remuneration Convention, 1958 (No. 111) Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, Source: L Swepston , 'International Labour Law' in Roger Blanpain (ed), Comparative Labor Law and Industrial Relations in Industrialized Market Economies (Kluwer, 10th ed, 2010) 141. Law Library KB 224 COMP The eight fundamental conventions
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