Friday, December 16, 2011

International labor standards

International labor standards-what is International labor standards? A major activity of the ILO in international labor legislation, the development of international labor standards. International labor standards in two forms: international labor conventions and international labor proposals. Convention is an international treaty, the International Labour Conference to attend the vote by two-thirds of the way on behalf of the development, then, by the Member States to decide, at any time to perform approval, that the country legally binding, do not approve the State had no binding force; proposal to develop the same way, but without the approval of its role is in the relevant areas for Member States to develop national policies and laws and regulations for reference. In practice, the use in the development of a convention, while another developed a similar name, but the content more detailed proposal to add a specific way. International Labour - Categories: According to international labor standards can be divided into the following categories: 1. Basic labor rights, refers to the freedom of association and collective bargaining, mainly refers to the establishment of trade union freedom, abolition of forced labor, collective bargaining, equality of opportunity and treatment of labor, abolition of child labor, 2. Employment, social policy, labor management, labor relations, working conditions, including wages, working hours, occupational safety and health, social security, including workers' compensation, pension, unemployment insurance; 3. For specific populations and occupations, including women, child labor and juvenile workers, older workers, persons with disabilities, migrant workers, seamen, fishermen, dock workers.