scholarly journals Decent Care for Migrant Households: Policy Alternatives to Sri Lanka’s Family Background Report

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-347
Author(s):  
Matt Withers
Keyword(s):  
Family Background ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Unpaid Care ◽  
Domestic Worker ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Maternal Caregiving ◽  
Care Approach ◽  
Migrant Households ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Domestic worker migration can profoundly reconfigure unpaid care arrangements within migrant households, often exacerbating gendered inequalities in providing and receiving care. While the International Labor Organization has led rights advocacy around migrant domestic work, there remains a dearth of attention to the relationship between feminized migration and unpaid care. In Sri Lanka, this policy space has been occupied by the Family Background Report: a series of regulations that reinforce maternal caregiving by restricting the migration of women with young children. An alternative “decent care” approach, involving investment in local care infrastructure, could yield multiple benefits while promoting a gender-inclusive decent work agenda.

scholarly journals Urgensi Ratifikasi Konvensi Pekerjaan yang Layak bagi Pekerja Rumah Tangga oleh Pemerintah Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-133
Author(s):  
Kartika Dewi Mulyanto
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
International Labour Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Domestic Worker ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The Social

The existence of domestic workers or better known as domestic workers is no stranger to the life of Indonesian society. Domestic worker is a job that provides services to a family to do homework such as cooking, cleaning house, washing clothes and others. However, because there is no regulation that regulates domestic workers maximally, and there are often different degrees between employers and workers, there is a lot of violence against domestic workers. In 2011, the International Labor Organization issued an ILO Convention No. 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. This Convention as evidence that domestic workers need to be legally protected as human beings with human rights. Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that the act of ratification of ILO Convention No. 189 of 2011 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers needs to be done, in an effort to increase the protection of domestic workers' rights law, to increase the economy of domestic workers, and to raise the social status of domestic workers Indonesia. Abstrak Keberadaan pekerja rumah tangga atau yang lebih dikenal sebagai pembantu rumah tangga sudah tidak asing lagi dalam kehidupan masyarakat Indonesia. Pekerja rumah tangga merupakan suatu pekerjaan yang memberikan jasa kepada suatu keluarga untuk mengerjakan pekerjaan rumah seperti memasak, membersihakan rumah, mencuci baju dan yang lainnya. Namun karena belum ada regulasi yang mengatur pekerja rumah tangga secara maksimal, dan sering terjadi perbedaan derajat antara majikan dan pekerja, maka banyak terjadi kekerasan terhadap pekerja rumah tangga. Pada tahun 2011, International Labour Organization mengeluarkan suatu Konvensi ILO Nomor 189 tentang Pekerjaan yang Layak bagi Pekerja Rumah Tangga. Konvensi ini sebagai bukti bahwa pekerja rumah tangga perlu mendapat perlindungan secara hukum sebagai manusia yang memiliki hak asasi manusia. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa tindakan ratifikasi Konvensi ILO Nomor 189 tahun 2011 tentang Pekerjaan yang Layak bagi Pekerja Rumah Tangga perlu dilakukan, sebagai upaya peningkatan perlindungan hukum hak-hak pekerja rumah tangga, peningkatkan ekonomi pekerja rumah tangga, serta menaikkan status sosial pekerja rumah tangga Indonesia.

scholarly journals AS NOVAS RELAÇÕES DE TRABALHO, PRECARIZAÇÃO E A DIGNIDADE DO TRABALHADOR NO MODELO UBER

Percurso ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (29) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Bruno Roberto VOSGERAU ◽  
Rodrigo Thomazinho COMAR
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Economic Factor ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The Relationship

RESUMOTrata o presente artigo da análise da prestação de serviços realizada pelo motorista mediante a intermediação feita pelo aplicativo UBER, tendo em vista a inovação apresentada em relação ao fator econômico e seus efeitos perante a estrutura clássica. O estudo também aborda o tema pelo viés trabalhista, seus efeitos em relação a natureza jurídica da relação, bem como o enfoque da Justiça do Trabalho no tocante a tal situação. No mesmo sentido, será abordada a questão acerca dos elementos que permitem concluir se o trabalho prestado respeita os direitos da personalidade do trabalhador, tais como o da dignidade da pessoa humana, bem como se tal situação esta em conformidade com a agenda do trabalho decente estabelecida pela Organização Internacional do Trabalho e se resulta em precarização das condições de trabalho. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: UBER; Trabalho decente; Precarização; Novas relações de trabalho. ABSTRACTIt deals with the present article of the analysis of the service rendered by the driver through the intermediary made by the UBER application, considering the innovation presented in relation to the economic factor and its effects before the classic structure. The study also addresses the issue of labor bias, its effects in relation to the legal nature of the relationship, as well as the Labor Justice approach to this situation. In the same vein, the question will be addressed as to whether the work performed respects the rights of the employee's personality, such as the dignity of the human person, and whether this is in accordance with the established decent work agenda by the International Labor Organization and results in precarious working conditions. KEYWORDS: UBER; Decent work; Precariousness; New working relationships.

Employment Protection Legislation in Haiti

2018 ◽  
pp. 209-221
Author(s):  
Samir Amine ◽  
Wilner Predelus
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Labor Law ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Employment Protection Legislation ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Protection Legislation ◽  
Employment Legislation

The merit of employment regulations in a market economy is often measured by their effectiveness in facilitating job creation without jeopardizing the notion of “decent work,” as defined by the International Labor Organization (ILO). Consequently, the recent literature on employment legislation has extensively focused on the flexibility of the labor market, as a fair middle ground is always necessary to avoid undue distortions that can negatively impact the economy and worker's wellbeing. This chapter analyzes the provisions of the labor law in Haiti and how it affects job security and flexibility to observe a flexible structure that rather benefits employers. Notably, labor law in Haiti may have in fact rendered workers more vulnerable because these labor legislations were enacted on the assumption that employers and workers are on the same footing when it comes to industrial relations, while historic facts do not support such an assumption.

scholarly journals Urgensi Ratifikasi Konvensi International Labor Organization: Perspektif Perlindungan Pekerja Anak Pada Sektor Rumah Tangga

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Rika Putri Subekti
Keyword(s):  
Child Labor ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Domestic Worker ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
International Labor

The issue of domestic worker has not become governor of Indonesia policy priorities. This can be seen from the lack of a structure for the comprehensive and lack of regulations that provide solutions, as well as lack of supporting structure of the implementation. The Act of Manpower is not regulating specifically on the protection of domestic workers, especially for children. International Labor Organization Convention Number 189 concerning Decent Works for Domestic Worker, regulates the protection of domestic workers all over the world, however, Indonesia has not ratified this convention yet. This research is normative legal research that using statute and conceptual approach. Data collection techniques used in this study is literature study. The results of the study indicate that the regulation on the protection of child laborers employed as a domestic worker in Indonesia has not been regulated separately so that in the case of legal protection is not sufficient, in the case of law enforcement in case of violation of the law on the rights of the child. The urgency for the Government to immediately ratify ILO Convention No. 189 on Decent Work of Domestic Workers in order to establish a standard of employment for domestic workers as an effort to realize protection for domestic workers in general and for child domestic workers in particular. It is important for government to carry out the National Action Plan for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor (RAN-WFCL) to prevent and eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Isu tentang Pekerja Rumah Tangga (PRT) belum menjadi suatu prioritas kebijakan pemerintah Indonesia. Hal ini terlihat dari belum adanya suatu struktur regulasi yang komprehensif dan solutif, disertai struktur pendukung dalam tataran implementasinya. Ketentuan Undang-Undang tentang Ketenagakerjaan belum mengatur secara khusus mengenai perlindungan terhadap pembantu rumah tangga khususnya bagi anak-anak. Namun telah ada konvensi internasional yang mengatur secara khusus tentang Pekerja Rumah Tangga (PRT) yaitu Konvensi ILO Nomor 189 tentang Kerja Layak Pembantu Rumah Tangga. Konvensi ini merupakan perlindungan bagi pembantu rumah tangga di seluruh dunia. Namun, hingga saat ini Indonesia belum meratifikasi konvensi tersebut. Jenis Penelitian ini adalah jenis penelitian hukum normatif. Jenis pendekatan yang digunakan adalah pendekatan perundang-undangan dan pendekatan konseptual. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah studi kepustakaan. Hasil Penelitian menunjukan bahwa pengaturan tentang perlindungan pekerja anak yang dipekerjakan sebagai pembantu rumah tangga di Indonesia belum diatur secara khusus sehingga dalam hal perlindungan hukum belum memadai. Urgensi bagi Pemerintah untuk segera meratifikasi Konvensi ILO Nomor 189 tentang Kerja Layak PRT dalam rangka menetapkan suatu standard ketenagakerjaan bagi PRT sebagai upaya mewujudkan perlindungan bagi PRT secara umum dan bagi PRT Anak pada khususnya. Upaya Pemerintah dalam mewujudkan perlindungan terhadap PRT Anak adalah dengan melakukan Rencana Aksi Nasional Penghapusan Bentuk-Bentuk Pekerjaan Terburuk Bagi Anak (RAN-BPTA) yang bertujuan untuk mencegah dan menghapus bentuk-bentuk pekerjaan terburuk untuk anak.

scholarly journals The Connection between Cooperativism and Decent Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 678-688
Author(s):  
Caroline Jacques ◽  
Max Richard Verginio ◽  
Dimas de Oliveira Estevam
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Quality Work ◽  
Word Analysis ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Bibliometric Approach

Cooperativism is based on the principles of cooperatives. They are applied, in practice, the cooperative values of free association and democracy for its members and are based on the fundamental rights. However, in the last two decades, in Brazil, the cooperatives began to hire workers on a low wage salary in a continuous and accelerated process. Taking into consideration that the hiring of workers by the cooperativism was not considered by its founding members, the formal hiring generated by cooperatives, all around the world, has increased. It is important to mention that the fundamental working rights notions started to exist due to the emergence of the concept of Decent Work. This concept was formalized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in 1999, with the aim of promoting quality work opportunities, under the conditions of human freedom, equity, security and dignity. They are considered essential conditions for overcoming poverty, reducing social inequalities, guaranteeing democratic governance and sustainable development. In the research carried out in Brazil about this subject, it was identified that the employment opportunities generated by the cooperatives are closer to the concept of Decent Work when compared to those generated by the private sector. Thus, the present article aims to identify the connection between cooperativism and Decent Work through a bibliometric revision of literature. The methodological process used in the research was the bibliometric approach by applying co-word analysis. From the results obtained, it was not possible to establish a direct connection between cooperativism and Decent Work.  Nevertheless, the connection was identified indirectly in the articles that focused on this theme. Even though, the focus was on the associated membership and not on the hired employees.

scholarly journals International Labor Organization & its Contribution in Different Periods

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sanabil Almubidin
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Labor Standards ◽  
Director General ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Member States ◽  
International Labor

The International Labor Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency that sets international labor standards and promotes social protection and work opportunities for all. The ILO has 187 member states: 186 of the 193 UN member states plus the Cook Islands are members of the ILO. The tripartite structure is unique to the ILO where representatives from the government, employers and employees openly debate and create labor standards. The International Labor Office is the permanent secretariat of the International Labor Organization. It is the focal point for International Labor Organization's overall activities, which it prepares under the scrutiny of the Governing Body and under the leadership of the Director-General. The Office employs some 2,700 officials from over 150 nations at its headquarters in Geneva, and in around 40 field offices around the world. Among these officials, 900 work in technical cooperation programs and projects. In 1969, the organization received the Nobel Peace Prize for improving fraternity and peace among nations, pursuing decent work and justice for workers, and providing technical assistance to other developing nations.

Making History through Policy: A Field Report on the International Domestic Workers Movement

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer N. Fish
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Labor Policy ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
International Convention ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Distinct Process ◽  
Field Report ◽  
National Economies

AbstractPaid household labor has fertilized the development of national economies, while also nourishing the capitalist labor systems that has allowed globalization to thrive. However, this transnational sector has remained historically invisible, devalued, and unprotected from national and international legislative frameworks. In 2010, the International Labor Organization (ILO) finally embraced this challenge through two years of negotiations on the world's first international convention to assure “Decent Work for Domestic Workers.” These tripartite debates set the stage for the largest inclusion of “actual workers” in policy making. The debates also mobilized the world's first international domestic workers’ movement. This report from the field highlights a distinct process whereby workers themselves played a pivotal role in the creation of international labor policy. According to International Domestic Workers Federation president Myrtle Witbooi, this “new beginning” set “a benchmark for decent work and social equality.”

scholarly journals Kajian Pustaka: Hubungan Durasi Kerja dengan Pneumokoniosis pada Pekerja Tambang Batubara

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-161
Author(s):  
Aditya Henerik Risamasu ◽  
Ifat Kabiran ◽  
Intan Trikumala Damayanti ◽  
Thalia Febrianti ◽  
Nurmalia Marina Adji N
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mine ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Dust Exposure ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Work Duration ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Mine Workers

Introduction: The International Labor Organization estimates that nearly 2.34 million workers die as a result of their work each year. About 86.23% were caused by occupational diseases. Pneumoconiosis is a disease that can be found in coal mining. Pneumoconiosis is divided into several types, including silicosis, asbestosis, mixed dust fibrosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP), and other types (Zhang). CWP is a chronic and irreversible disease that is a public health problem. Coal with a higher combustion capacity has the greatest risk of causing CWP. Purpose: This research was conducted to review the literature on the duration of work with an increase in the incidence of CWP in coal mine workers. Method: Twenty reference sources were drawn from PubMed, ScienceDirect, ResearchGate, and Google Scholar. The articles reviewed in this report range from 2000 to 2020. Results: Most studies suggest an increase in the prevalence of CWP cases. The incidence of CWP increases with the amount of dust exposure and the long duration of work. Discussion: Subjectively, dust exposure, age, and years of service did not have a significant relationship with respiratory problems, and put more emphasis on the relationship between PPE use and smoking habits. Other effects include COPD, death, and health costs. Conclusion: The conclusion of this study states that a longer work duration increases the incidence of CWP in coal mine workers.

Gender, equality and capabilities*

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Fudge
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Unpaid Care ◽  
The North ◽  
Women's Equality ◽  
Antidiscrimination Law ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter considers the relationship between women's equality, care work, and sustainable development, and develops a conceptual framework that can be used to understand this complex relationship. The chapter is organized as follows. The second section briefly reviews the relationship between sustainable development, which includes the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) ‘Decent Work’ Agenda, and women's equality. It answers the question on what basis or dimension women's equality should be measured. Instead of assessing a range of potential answers, it focuses on Amartya Sen's notion of substantive freedom and his capabilities approach. The third section argues that women's equality, and especially the relationship between women's equality and responsibility for care work, illustrates both the promise of, and the limitations to, Sen's capabilities approach. The fourth section sketches some of the salient differences between paid and unpaid care work in the North and the South, which also considers the capacity of the ILO 2009 report, ‘Decent Work for Domestic Workers’, to respond to these differences. Drawing upon feminist scholars, the fifth section argues that, supplemented by a theory of choice, deliberative mechanisms, and a social theory of power, the capabilities approach can be a useful tool for conceptualising women's equality and for recognising the significance of socially necessary care work. The chapter concludes by suggesting that a robust capabilities approach designed to address gender inequality and to incorporate care work illuminates the limitations in the current approaches of antidiscrimination law for addressing women's inequality.

ILO Centenary Anniversary and Development of Work Statistics

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
A. A. Tkachenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Working Poor ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Development Goals

The article addresses methodological issues of labour statistics in the context of ongoing work of international organizations, first of all the International Labor Organization (ILO), as well as eff orts of national governments on implementing the system of indicators to monitor progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The paper shows conceptual approaches of the oldest international organization (that is the ILO) to the development of its statistical base in the 21st century and focusing its activities on the Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the UN General Assembly. The paper reviews the ILO centenary history of work on improving social and labour relations and labour statistics. It analyzes the activities of the International Labor Organization related to the development of its statistical base; special attention is paid to the development of a system of indicators to monitor progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the definite positive changes in in the ILO’s work, comparative analysis of recent ILO and World Bank reports revealed unresolved problems in the fields of international standards and labour statistics. Considerable attention has been paid to the main ILO initiatives on improving employment indicators reflected in the content of international conferences of labour statisticians. The role of indicators of decent work was especially highlighted, while the author noted that the very concept of ≪decent work≫, in contrast to the concept of ≪quality of work≫, did not receive sufficient statistical content. The article formulates the need for changes in Russian labour and social statistics in connection with the development of a list of SDG indicators and acute attention that is given to the “international poverty line” and “working poor”. It is necessary to bring Russian terminology of statistical indicators of ≪working poor≫ into line with the methodology and terminology of the ILO and the World Bank.

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