International Labour Standards And Platform Work

Author : Mathias Wouters
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789403540412

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International Labour Standards and Platform Work by Mathias Wouters Pdf

Platform work – the matching of the supply of and demand for paid labour through an online platform – often depends on workers who operate in a “grey area” between the archetype of an employee and a self-employed worker. This important book explores the utility of the International Labour Organization’s existing standards in governing this phenomenon. It indicates that despite their relevance, many standards have little or no impact. The standards apply to the issue but they fail to connect with it. The author shows how three ILO conventions – the Home Work Convention, 1996 (No. 177), the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) – can be revitalised to have an impact on the platform work debate. In the course of the analysis he responds in depth to such questions as the following: What are digital labour platforms? What does decent work mean? Did the ILO centenary fundamentally change anything? What is the link between private employment services and platform work? How do crowdworkers relate to homeworkers and teleworkers? Are platform workers engaged in domestic work? What form could a future ILO standard on platform work take? Given that the ILO plans to start discussions on a potential future standard for platform work in 2022, this book will prove very useful in highlighting the issues and standards that such discussions should consider. Research has shown that the techniques and tools of the platform economy have spread far beyond gig work, resulting in widespread “gigification” and restructuring of workplace behaviours and relationships, jobs, and communities across the world. For this and other reasons, including the book’s detailed analysis of issues not addressed elsewhere, labour lawyers, in-house counsel, researchers, and policymakers will gain valuable insight into what decent work in the platform economy would require, thus greatly broadening the discussion on this difficult-to-regulate phenomenon.

Author : Janine Berg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Law
ISBN : UCBK:C118781254

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Digital Labour Platforms and the Future of Work by Janine Berg Pdf

The emergence of online digital labour platforms has been one of the major transformations in the world of work over the past decade. This report provides one of the first comparative studies of working conditions on five major micro-task platforms that operate globally. It is based on an ILO survey covering 3,500 workers in 75 countries around the world and other qualitative surveys. The report analyses the working conditions on these micro-task platforms, including pay rates, work availability and intensity, social protection coverage and work-life balance. The report recommends 18 principles for ensuring decent work on digital labour platforms.

Author : INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : COVID-19 (Disease)
ISBN : 922033710X

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Working from Home by INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE. Pdf

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the world's workforce have shifted to homeworking, thereby joining the hundreds of millions of workers who have already been working from home for decades. This report seeks to improve understanding of home work as well as to offer policy guidance that can pave the way to decent work for homeworkers both old and new

Author : Tarja Halonen,Ulla Liukkunen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030554002

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International Labour Organization and Global Social Governance by Tarja Halonen,Ulla Liukkunen Pdf

This open access book explores the role of the ILO (International Labour Organization) in building global social governance from multiple and mutually complementary perspectives. It explores the impact of this UN ́s oldest agency, founded in 1919, on the transforming world of work in a global setting, providing insights into the unique history and functions of the ILO as an organization and the evolution of workers’ rights through international labour standards stemming from its regulatory mechanism. The book examines the persistent dilemma of balancing the benefits of globalization with the protection of workers. It critically assesses the challenges that emerge when international labour standards are implemented and enforced in highly diverse regulatory frameworks in international, regional, national and local contexts. The book also identifies feasible ways to achieve more inclusive labour protection, putting into perspective the tension between the economic and the social in the ILO’s second century of operation. It includes reflections on the work of the ILO World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation by Tarja Halonen, who as President of Finland co-chaired the Commission with Benjamin William Mkapa, President of Tanzania. Written by distinguished experts and scholars in the fields of international labour law and international law, the book provides an insightful and in-depth analysis of the role of the ILO as an international organization devoted to decent work and social justice. It also sheds light on tripartism and its particular role in the work of the ILO, examining the challenges that a profoundly changing working life presents in terms of labour protection and social justice, and examining the transnational dimension of labour law. Lastly, the book includes a postscript by Nobel economics laureate Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Author : Roger Plant
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9221080102

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Labour Standards and Structural Adjustment by Roger Plant Pdf

Since the introduction of structural adjustment policies in the 1980s, the ILO has expressed concern that their implementation should be consistent with basic ILO standards, particularly certain core human rights conventions.

Author : International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9221133753

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Fundamental Rights at Work and International Labour Standards by International Labour Office Pdf

Labour law has long been upheld by the ILO as an essential pillar of development and peace, within member States, as well as between States. This book offers valuable insight on the application of the ILO's international labour standards.

Author : Nikolai Rogovsky,Emily Sims,International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Employee selection
ISBN : 9221127184

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Corporate Success Through People by Nikolai Rogovsky,Emily Sims,International Labour Office Pdf

This practical volume reveals how International Labour Standards (ILS) can be effective and powerful tools around which managers can build their corporate policies and practices particularly during this era of rapid economic change.

Author : International Labour Office, International Labour Standards Department Staff,International Labour Office. International Labour Standards Department,International Labour Office, Employment Policy Department Staff,International Labour Office. Employment Policy Department,International Labour Office Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Convention Concerning Employment Policy
ISBN : 9221274322

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Guide on Employment Policy and International Labour Standards by International Labour Office, International Labour Standards Department Staff,International Labour Office. International Labour Standards Department,International Labour Office, Employment Policy Department Staff,International Labour Office. Employment Policy Department,International Labour Office Staff Pdf

Author : International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9221103307

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International Labour Standards by International Labour Office Pdf

This book provides a brief but thorough introduction to the formulation, adoption and application of internationally agreed standards of good practice in labour matters - international labour Conventions and Recommendations - and has been updated to cover developments up to mid-1997. The manual is intended for trade unionists, students and the general reader interested in labour matters, social issues and human rights. It is designed for use on workers' education courses as well as for individual study.

Author : John D. R. Craig,S. Michael Lynk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139452625

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Globalization and the Future of Labour Law by John D. R. Craig,S. Michael Lynk Pdf

How are national and international labour laws responding to the challenge of globalization as it re-shapes the workplaces of the world? This collection of essays by leading legal scholars and lawyers from Europe and the Americas was first published in 2006. It addresses the implications of globalization for the legal regulation of the workplace. It examines the role of international labour standards and the contribution of the International Labour Organization, and assesses the success of the European experiment with continental employment standards. It explores the prospects for hemispheric co-operation on labour standards in the Americas, and deals with the impact of international labour standards on the rights of women and migrant workers. As the nature and organization of work around the world is being decisively transformed, new regional and international institutions are emerging that may provide the platform for new labour standards, and for protecting existing ones.

Author : Jean-Michel Servais
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041189387

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International Labour Law by Jean-Michel Servais Pdf

No one will deny that labour standards comprise a necessary framework for balanced economic and social development. Yet on a global level such balanced development has not occurred, despite the existence of a rigorous body of international labour law that has been active and growing for almost one hundred years. The implementation of this law devolves upon states; yet many states have failed to honour it. If we are to take serious steps toward a remedy for this situation, there is no better place to start than a thorough, well-researched survey and analysis of existing international labour law - its sources, its content, its historical development, and an informed consideration of the barriers to its full effectiveness. This book is exactly such a resource. It provides in-depth interpretation of the crucial International Labour Organisation (ILO) instruments - Constitution, conventions, declarations, resolutions, and recommendations - as well as such other sources of law as the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and various model and actual corporate codes of conduct. Among the substantive areas of labour law covered in this book are the following: • the relationship between international labour law and economic competition • standards on industrial relations • collective bargaining and dispute settlement procedures • protection of trade unions • prohibitions on enforced and child labour • promotion of equal opportunity and treatment • time and rest provisions • wage determination and protection • occupational health and safety provisions • special issues on non-standard forms of employment • foreign and migrant workers • social security provisions • privacy protection The presentation demonstrates that these rules and standards offer invaluable benchmarks to governments, judiciaries, employers, and trade unions. The book's combination of detailed commentary and an overarching social policy will make it especially valuable to legislators, human resources managers, employers ́ organizations, trade unions, jurists, and academics concerned with the role of work in our globalized social system. This fifth edition of the book by Jean-Michel Servais analyses the potential of those standards in a globalized world, and the necessary evolution. It examines the actual implementation of those rules in the national context, comparing different experiences. It integrates the latest instruments. It examines the most recent public debates on labour regulation (dealing with health and security at work, personal data, minimum wages, social security, strikes, etc.), updates the bibliography and opens some perspectives for the future work of the global institutions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Employees
ISBN : 9222116313

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Déclaration de principes tripartite sur les entreprises multinationales et la politique sociale by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jean-Michel Servais
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789403521633

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International Labour Law by Jean-Michel Servais Pdf

No one will deny that labour standards comprise a necessary framework for balanced economic and social development. Yet on a global level such balanced development has not occurred, despite the existence of a rigorous body of international labour law that has been active and growing for almost one hundred years. The implementation of this law devolves upon states; yet many states have failed to honour it. If we are to take serious steps toward a remedy for this situation, there is no better place to start than a thorough, well-researched survey and analysis of existing international labour law - its sources, its content, its historical development, and an informed consideration of the barriers to its full effectiveness. This book is exactly such a resource. It provides in-depth interpretation of the crucial International Labour Organisation (ILO) the relationship between international labour law and economic competition standards on industrial relations collective bargaining and dispute settlement procedures protection of trade unions prohibitions on enforced and child labour promotion of equal opportunity and treatment time and rest provisions wage determination and protection occupational health and safety provisions special issues on non-standard forms of employment foreign and migrant workers social security provisions privacy protection The presentation demonstrates that these rules and standards offer invaluable benchmarks to governments, judiciaries, employers, and trade unions. The book’s combination of detailed commentary and an overarching social policy will make it especially valuable to legislators, human resources managers, employers organizations, trade unions, jurists, and academics concerned with the role of work in our globalized social system. This sixth edition of the book by Jean-Michel Servais analyses the potential of those standards in a globalized world, and the necessary evolution. It examines the actual implementation of those rules in the national context, comparing different experiences. It integrates the latest instruments. It examines the most recent public debates on labour regulation (dealing with health and security at work, personal data, minimum wages, social security, strikes, etc.), updates the bibliography and opens some perspectives for the future work of the global institutions.

Author : Mike Bogensee
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783656041382

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The Role of International Labour Standards in a Global Economy by Mike Bogensee Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Law - Civil / Private / Trade / Anti Trust Law / Business Law, King s College London (School of Law), course: International Labour Law, language: English, abstract: The phenomenon of globalisation has triggered various trends and changes world-wide, affecting almost every part of life. One of the most heavily influenced realms has been labour and its legal framework. Globalisation has transformed the nature of work as well as the organisation and way in which work is performed nowadays. Due to the technical progress, Multinational Corporations have been equipped with an immense ability to relocate their business wherever and whenever they want to any part of the world, powerful enough to dictate their demands to national governments. National governments have, simultaneously, been weakened and especially developing countries are competing with each other in order to attract MNCs, often by adopting and maintaining low labour standards with the result of a feared "race to the bottom". Additionally, the International Labour Organisation, historically the main standard-setting institution, has experienced enormous problems in the implementation process and has therefore undergone a paradigm shift. Moreover, other actors have entered the arena of "standard-setting" such as NGOs etc. This essay tries to analyse the challenges of globalisation posed to international labour standards, especially experienced by the ILO. It then continues by examining the various private measures, which have been used so far, covering both public and private measures, and reaching from e.g. codes of conducts to international framework agreements. It is argued that public and private implementation have become increasingly interdependent, and that developing and fostering this interdependency will be crucial for the prospective success and effectiveness of international labour standards in an ongoing globalising world.

Author : International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Foreign workers
ISBN : 9221231038

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Decent Work for Domestic Workers by International Labour Office Pdf

Proposed text for discussion at the 100th session of the Conference slated for June 2011. This is to carry out the decision, made during the 99th session in June 2010, to revisit the topic for a second discussion.