ITC Training Module Part 2
This module focuses on Convention No.150 and Recommendation No.158. After mentioning the set of Conventions which constitutes the normative background for C150, it describes the historical origin of this instrument. The above-mentioned Convention and its Recommendation are illustrated and commented, article by article, giving examples that help in understanding the importance of these instruments as practical tools for strengthening and re-engineering labour administration.
When the ILO was established in 1919, the primary focus was to set international labour standards in order to improve the working conditions and social well-being of workers worldwide.
International Labour Standards have grown into a comprehensive system of instruments on work and social policy, backed by a supervisory system designed to address all sorts of problems in their application at the national level. They are the legal component in the ILO’s strategy for governing globalization, promoting sustainable development, eradicating poverty, and ensuring that people can work in dignity and safety.
International Labour Standards include International Labour Conventions and Recommendations. Some standards deal with fundamental labour rights: Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (C87), the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining (C098), Abolition of Forced Labour (C029 and C103), Equality of Opportunities and Treatment (C111, C100), The Elimination of Child Labour and especially its worst forms (C138, C182) and other standards which regulate conditions of work, and promote good governance.
International Labour Standards have grown into a comprehensive system of instruments on work and social policy, backed by a supervisory system designed to address all sorts of problems in their application at the national level. They are the legal component in the ILO’s strategy for governing globalization, promoting sustainable development, eradicating poverty, and ensuring that people can work in dignity and safety.
International Labour Standards include International Labour Conventions and Recommendations. Some standards deal with fundamental labour rights: Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (C87), the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining (C098), Abolition of Forced Labour (C029 and C103), Equality of Opportunities and Treatment (C111, C100), The Elimination of Child Labour and especially its worst forms (C138, C182) and other standards which regulate conditions of work, and promote good governance.