Achieving Compliance through Strategic Enforcement
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MoHRSS), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the ILO have jointly reviewed the role of modern labour inspection services in promotion labour law compliance.
BEIJING (ILO News)
Miniestry of Human Resources and Social Security (MoHRSS), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the ILO jointly reviewed the role of modern labour inspection services in promotion labour law compliance at a seminar held on July 29, 2014 in Beijing.
Yan Baoqing, Director-General of the Labour Inspection Bureau of the MoHRSS, in his opening remarks described the developments within the labour inspection system in China since the early ‘90s and urged labour inspectors to embrace further transformation away from mechanical regulatory enforcement and towards becoming a true governance institution capable of promoting legal compliance through closer engagement with employers and workers.
Guan Jinghe, Deputy Director of ILO Beijing Office, opened the seminar, affirmed the role of labour inspection services as a fundamental labour market institution already referred to in the ILO Constitution of 1919. Guan Jinghe encouraged China to echo the ILO’s call for the ratification of the Labour Convention Convention, 1947 (No. 81) and follow in the footsteps of 144 member States who have done so already.
Nancy Leppink, Chief of LABADMIN-OSH Branch of ILO, stressed that sound labour administration and inspection systems were vital to the enforcement of labour standards, the promotion of social dialogue, the provision of social security and employment services, and creating an environment in which sustainable enterprises are not undercut by less socially responsible competitors. Labour inspection must be an essential part of the labour administration system exercising the fundamental function of law enforcement resulting in the creation of critical incentives to achieve workplace compliance.
The discussion of the seminar focused on strategic and innovative approaches of labour inspection in response to challenges posed by new forms of employment such as dispatched labour, outsourcing and informal employment. Around 80 participants from MoHRSS, ACFTU, CEC, academics and senior labour inspectors from 17 provinces as well as representatives of ILO and JICA actively exchanged views and experiences at this seminar.
Miniestry of Human Resources and Social Security (MoHRSS), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the ILO jointly reviewed the role of modern labour inspection services in promotion labour law compliance at a seminar held on July 29, 2014 in Beijing.
Yan Baoqing, Director-General of the Labour Inspection Bureau of the MoHRSS, in his opening remarks described the developments within the labour inspection system in China since the early ‘90s and urged labour inspectors to embrace further transformation away from mechanical regulatory enforcement and towards becoming a true governance institution capable of promoting legal compliance through closer engagement with employers and workers.
Guan Jinghe, Deputy Director of ILO Beijing Office, opened the seminar, affirmed the role of labour inspection services as a fundamental labour market institution already referred to in the ILO Constitution of 1919. Guan Jinghe encouraged China to echo the ILO’s call for the ratification of the Labour Convention Convention, 1947 (No. 81) and follow in the footsteps of 144 member States who have done so already.
Nancy Leppink, Chief of LABADMIN-OSH Branch of ILO, stressed that sound labour administration and inspection systems were vital to the enforcement of labour standards, the promotion of social dialogue, the provision of social security and employment services, and creating an environment in which sustainable enterprises are not undercut by less socially responsible competitors. Labour inspection must be an essential part of the labour administration system exercising the fundamental function of law enforcement resulting in the creation of critical incentives to achieve workplace compliance.
The discussion of the seminar focused on strategic and innovative approaches of labour inspection in response to challenges posed by new forms of employment such as dispatched labour, outsourcing and informal employment. Around 80 participants from MoHRSS, ACFTU, CEC, academics and senior labour inspectors from 17 provinces as well as representatives of ILO and JICA actively exchanged views and experiences at this seminar.