Decent work

Cost of Basic but Decent Living

Decent work is employment that "respects the fundamental rights of the human person as well as the rights of workers in terms of conditions of work safety and remuneration. ... respect for the physical and mental integrity of the worker in the exercise of their employment."[1]

Decent work is applied to both the formal and informal sector. It must address all kind of jobs, people and families. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), decent work involves opportunities for work that are productive and deliver a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.[2]

The ILO is developing an agenda for the community of work, represented by its tripartite constituents, to mobilize their considerable resources to create those opportunities and to help reduce and eradicate poverty.[3] The ILO Decent Work Agenda[2] is the balanced and integrated programmatic approach to pursue the objectives of full and productive employment and decent work for all at global, regional, national, sectoral and local levels. It has four pillars: standards and rights at work,[4] employment creation and enterprise development,[5] social protection[6] and social dialogue.[7]

  1. ^ "General Comment 18, 2006 United Nations COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS - THE RIGHT TO WORK, General comment No. 18, Adopted on 24 November 2005, Article 6 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights" (PDF). Unhchr.ch. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  2. ^ a b "Decent work". www.ilo.org. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. ^ "Working out of Poverty". International Labour Organization. Archived from the original on December 30, 2007.
  4. ^ [1] Archived December 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ [2] Archived December 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ [3] Archived December 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ [4] Archived December 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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