LARM11
• About the 1st opportunity exam
• Scope
About the 1st opportunity exam
• Date: see the exam time time-table
• Duration: 1:30 (one hour 30 minutes)
• Format
• Question 1: 20 Marks
• Question 2: 10 marks
• Question 3: 20 marks
• Total: 50 marks
• Multiple choice questions; True or False and Short/Essay
Questions
THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE
ILO
• International Labour Organization is a UN specialized agency dealing
with labour issues
• In 1919 the constitution of the ILO was drafted = tripartite organization
• 9 representatives:
• Belgium,
• Cuba,
• Czechoslovakia,
• France,
• Italy,
• Japan,
• Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States
ILO main aims/goals are to
• Promote rights at work
• Encourage decent employment opportunities
• Enhance social protection
• Strengthen dialogue on work-related issues
ESTABLISHMENT AND STRUCTURE
MISSION & IMPACT DECENT WORK AGENDA
Advance economic and working conditions
Provide workers, employers and governments global
peace, prosperity and progress
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Promoting jobs, Protecting People
Mission & Impact ILO is devoted to –
How the ILO works o Promote social justice
ILO Declarations
Decent work
o Recognise human and labour rights
o Acknowledge that social justice is essential to
global peace
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ESTABLISHMENT AND STRUCTURE
‘decent work’ =
DG Juan Somavia (1999)
Refers to inclusive work opportunities that are (RSA?!) –
o Productive
o Fair income
TABLE OF CONTENTS o Security in the workplace (safety, employee wellbeing)
o Social protection for families (maternity/paternity benefits,
UIF)
o Personal development (training, promotion)
Mission & Impact
How the ILO works o Social integration
ILO Declarations o Equal opportunity
Decent work o Equal treatment
o Freedom of expression (social dialogue)
o Freedom to organisation and participation in decisions that
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ESTABLISHMENT AND STRUCTURE
Decent Work Agenda
Integral elements = four (4) pillars
o Employment creation
+ GENDER EQUALITY
o Social protection
o Employment rights
TABLE OF CONTENTS
o Social dialogue (‘voice’)
Mission & Impact Pillars CRUCIAL to advancing sustainable development
How the IO works programme
ILO Declarations
Decent work
Aim (see too above) –
o Fair globalisation
o Poverty reduction
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o Sustainable inclusive economic growth (consumerism – see below)
Social Justice
• Laying the foundations of social justice
• Five Principles of Social Justice.
• Resources
• Equity
• Participation
• Diversity
• Human rights
WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
STANDARDS (ILS)?
• legal instruments
• Purpose of ILS
• basic principles
• rights at work
• Types of employment
• Formal economy
• Informal economy
• Non standard employment
• Standard employment
• Two types of ILS
• Conventions (or Protocols)
• Recommendations
WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
STANDARDS (ILS)?
• Fundamental Conventions
• Fundamental principles and rights at work
• the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
• the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No.
98)
• the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (and its 2014 Protocol)
• the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
• the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
• the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
• the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
• the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
(No. 111)
WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
STANDARDS (ILS)?
• Governance (priority) Conventions
• The four governance Conventions are
• the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) (and its
Protocol of 1995)
• the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No.
129)
• the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards)
Convention,1976 (No. 144)
• the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122)
The benefits of International Labour
Standards
• A path to full and productive employment and decent
work for all: The 2030 goals
• An international legal framework for fair and stable
globalization
• A level playing field
• A means of improving economic performance
• A safety net in times of economic crisis
• A strategy for reducing poverty
• The sum of international experience and knowledge
WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS
(ILS)? Contin..
• Fundamental Conventions (Fundamental principles and rights
at work)
• the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
• the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
(No. 98)
• the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (and its 2014 Protocol)
• the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
• the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
• the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
• the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
• the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
(No. 111)
WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
STANDARDS (ILS)? Contin
• ..
• Governance (priority) Conventions:
• the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) (and its
Protocol of 1995)
• the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No.
129)
• the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards)
Convention,1976 (No. 144)
• the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122)
Labour Laws in South Africa
• The Labour Relations Amendment Act 8 of 2018 intends
• The Labour Relations Amendment Act
• Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997
• Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998
• Skills Development Act 97 of 1998
• Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases
Act 130 of 1993
Labour Laws in South Africa
• The Labour Relations Amendment Act 8 of 2018 intends:
•o to amend the Labour Relations Act, 1995, so as:
•o to provide criteria for the Minister before the Minister is
compelled to extend the collective agreement as
contemplated in the Act;
•o to provide for the renewal and extension of funding
agreements;
•o to provide for picketing by collective agreement or by
determination by the Commission in terms of picketing
regulations;
•o to provide for the classification of a ratified or
determined minimum service;
•o to extend the meaning of ballot to include any voting by
members that is recorded in secret;
Labour Laws in South Africa
•• Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997
• to give effect to the right to fair labour practices referred to in
section 23(1) of the Constitution by establishing and making
provision for the regulation of basic conditions of employment;
and
• thereby to comply with the obligations of the Republic as a
member state of the International Labow Organisation; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.
Labour Laws in South Africa
•• Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998
• to provide for employment equity; and
• to provide for matters incidental thereto
Labour Laws in South Africa
• Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993
• to provide for the health and safety of persons at work and for
the health and safety of persons in connection with the use of
plant and machinery;
• the protection of persons other than persons at work against
hazards to health and safety arising out of or in connection
with the activities of persons at work;
• to establish an advisory council for occupational health and
safety; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.
Labour Laws in South Africa
• Skills Development Act 97 of 1998
• to provide an institutional framework to devise and implement
national, sector and workplace strategies to develop and improve
the skills of the South African work force;
• to integrate those strategies within the National Qualifications
Framework contemplated in the South African Qualifications
Authority Act, 1995;
• to provide for Iearnerships that lead to recognised occupational
qualifications;
• to provide for the financing of skills development by means of a
levy-grant scheme and a National Skills Fund;
• to provide for and regulate employment services; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.
Labour Laws in South Africa
•• Unemployment Insurance Act (UIA): Act 63 of 2001
• to establish the Unemployment Insurance Fund;
• to provide for the payment from the Fund of unemployment
benefits to certain employees, and for the payment of illness,
maternity, adoption and dependant's benefits related to the
unemployment of such employees;
• to provide for the establishment of the Unemployment
Insurance Board, the functions of the Board and the
designation of the Unemployment Insurance Commissioner;
and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.
Labour Laws in South Africa
• Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases
Act 130 of 1993
• COIDA provides for compensation for employees who suffer
work-related injuries, diseases, or death.
• It establishes the Compensation Fund to administer
compensation benefits to injured or disabled workers and their
dependents.
• COIDA also regulates the reporting and investigation of
workplace injuries and diseases.
• These legislations form the backbone of labor law in South
Africa, ensuring the protection of workers' rights and
promoting fair labor practices in the country.
Labour Laws in South Africa
• NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ACT NO. 9 OF 2018
• The Act establishes a national minimum wage, which serves
as a floor below which no employee may be paid.
• The national minimum wage applies to all workers, except for
certain categories of employees, such as domestic workers
and farm workers, who have separate minimum wage rates
prescribed under the Act.
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