Capacity building

Mongolian labour law study tour to Japan

To contribute to Mongolia’s national efforts to modernize its labour market governance, the study tour to Japan will help inform the review of the revised Labour Law with comparative labour market governance in an advanced economy.

Background:


After the 2012 election, Mongolia formally initiated a process of labour law reform so as to orient the country’s labour legislation towards a great role for market forces and to align it with international labour standards.  Mongolia has ratified all 8 fundamental labour Conventions.  The Ministry of Labour led a tripartite review process chaired by the Vice-Minister and in close consultation with the ILO.   A draft revised labour law was approved by the National Tripartite Committee for Labour and Social Consensus.  In July 2015, the Cabinet endorsed the draft and the Ministry of Labour of Mongolia submitted it to the Parliament for discussion.  The parliamentary Standing Committee on Social policy, Education, Culture and Science is tasked with the review of the draft law.  The review is scheduled for completion before the commencement of the Autumn Session of Parliament in October 2015.  

At the request of the Ministry of Labour, the ILO has provided technical assistance in the drafting of the revised Labour Law, specifically with a view to enhancing compliance with ratified international labour standard and sharing comparative labour law experience.   The revised Labour Law contains many significant new provisions, notably those concerning collective bargaining, labour dispute settlement, protection of workers, and working conditions.  

The Ministry of Labour has further requested ILO’s support in facilitating a study tour to Japan to enrich the review of the revised Labour Law in parliament and related national discussions.  The study tour focuses on Japan’s labour market governance and management of collective bargaining, working conditions and dispute settlements. 

Through the coordination support of the ILO Office in Tokyo, the study tour delegation will be received by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, the Tokyo Labour Bureau, the Labour Standard Inspector Office of the Mukojima Office, the Japan Institute of Labour Policy and Training, the Japanese Business Federation (KEIDAREN), the Japanese Trade Union Confederation  (JTUC-RENGO), and the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service and General Workers' Unions (UA Zensen).    
 

Objectives:


To contribute to Mongolia’s national efforts to modernize its labour market governance.   The study tour to Japan will help inform the review of the revised Labour Law with comparative labour market governance in an advanced economy.  
 

Outputs:


Comparative experiences from Japan with regard to national labour standard frameworks, employment contracts and other institutional arrangements to formalize employment in market economies, labour and employment protection for vulnerable categories of workers, labour dispute settlement, and realization of fundamental principles and rights at work (including collective bargaining) for use in the revision process of the Labour Law 1999.
 

Participants:


A 10-person delegation comprising members of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science and representatives of the Ministry of Labour, the Confederation of Mongolia Trade Unions (CMTU), and the Mongolia Employers’ Federation (MONEF).  

The delegation is accompanied by Ms Bolormaa Purevsuren, ILO National Programme Coordinator for Mongolia and Mr Sunichi Uemura, Deputy Director, ILO Tokyo Office.