Decision on the tenth item on the agenda: Review of the implementation of ILO–ISO agreements
Decision on the tenth item on the agenda: Review of the implementation of ILO–ISO agreements
In the light of the outcome of the ILO’s pilot implementation of the 2013 Agreement between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Governing Body:
(a) authorized the Director-General to issue an ILO policy position on ISO 45001 on occupational health and safety management systems in order to clarify the functioning of international labour standards and other ILO action relevant to occupational safety and health management systems and the respective roles of the ILO and the ISO in this field;
(b) requested the Director-General to terminate the 2013 ILO–ISO Agreement, refrain from further cooperation with the ISO until further notice and, after consultation with the Officers of the Governing Body, issue a public statement explaining the reasons for termination.
As to ILO participation in any future ISO Technical Committee on social responsibility or revision of ISO 26000, the Governing Body:
(a) noted with regret the ISO’s decision to unilaterally terminate the 2005 ILO–ISO Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for standardization in the field of social responsibility, with effect as from 3 January 2018;
(b) authorized ILO participation in any future ISO activity in the field of social responsibility and/or revision of ISO 26000 in the event that the ISO should decide to move forward on either proposal, solely and strictly on the condition that the ISO will have agreed to apply the terms of the 2005 ILO–ISO MOU in relation to further activity in social responsibility therein, under the same conditions that the ISO applied to the development of ISO 26000, including with regard to ILO participation in ISO leadership structures.