Giving globalization a human face.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

International Labour Conference (101st : 2012 : Geneva, Switzerland)

Series:

Report (International Labour Conference) ; 101st session, 3, 1B.

Report / International Labour Conference, 0074-6681 ; 101st session, 3, 1B

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee rights--Congresses.

Employee rights.

Globalization--Congresses.

Globalization.

Child labor--Prevention--Congresses.

Child labor.

Social justice--Congresses.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

General survey on the fundamental conventions concerning rights at work in light of the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, 2008

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This General Survey, which deals with all eight fundamental Conventions, seeks to give a global picture of the law and practice in member States in terms of the practical application of ratified and non-ratified Conventions, describing the various positive initiatives undertaken in some countries, in addition to certain serious problems encountered in the implementation of their provisions.

Contents:

Title; Copyright page; Contents; List of boxes; Part I. Introduction; Chapter 1 Preliminary comments; Chapter 2 The protection of fundamental principles and rights at work in national constitutions; Freedom of association and collective bargaining; Forced labour; Child labour; Equality, non-discrimination and equal remuneration; Chapter 3 Other relevant international instruments; Recognition of fundamental principles and rights at work in other universal and regional instruments

The objective of coherence in the supervision of the international and regional obligations of States in relation to fundamental principles and rights at work Part II. Freedom of association and collective bargaining; Chapter 1 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87); Introduction; Scope of the Convention and methods of application; General principle and authorized exceptions; Methods of application; Main difficulties concerning the scope of application; Thematic issues

Right of workers and employers to establish and to join organizations of their own choosing Right of workers' and employers' organizations to draw up their constitutions and rules, to elect their representatives in full freedom and to organize their administration and activities; Freedom of association, gender equality and non-discrimination; Employers' group; Workers' group; Dissolution and suspension of organizations by administrative authority; Right of organizations to establish federations and confederations and to affiliate with international organizations

Chapter 2 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)Introduction; Scope of the Convention and methods of application; General principle and authorized exceptions; Methods of application; Difficulties concerning the scope of application; Thematic issues; Protection against acts of anti-union discrimination and of interference; Promotion of collective bargaining; Part III. Forced labour; Chapter 1 Introduction; Introduction; Chapter 2 Scope of the Conventions and methods of application; Scope; Chapter 3 Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)

Definition of forced or compulsory labour Exceptions from the definition of forced labour; Imposition of labour for public works or services and other specified purposes; ILO response to forced labour in Myanmar; National service obligations; Restrictions on the freedom of workers to terminate employment; Work of prisoners for private companies; Obligation to perform overtime work under threat of a penalty; Slavery, slavery-like practices and other illegal forms of compulsion to work: Imposition of forced labour on workers in most vulnerable groups; Trafficking in persons

Chapter 4 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105

Notes:

"Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of conventions and recommendations (articles 19, 22, and 35 of the Constitution)".

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-2-124490-3

OCLC:

786193540