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Stuart Bell

New updated BSCI Code of Conduct - 0 views

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codes of conduct supply chain labour bsci

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  • Stuart Bell on 21 Feb 14
     
    "The BSCI Code draws on important international labour standards protecting workers' rights such as International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, declarations of the United Nations (UN) as well as guidelines of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It sets out 11 core labour rights, which our participating companies and their business partners commit to incorporating within their supply chain in a step-by-step development approach. The 2014 version has been reinforced with new principles such as 'No Precarious Employment' and 'Ethical Business Behaviour'. "
Stuart Bell

New ILO global report on child labour trends - 0 views

www.ilo.org/...wcms_221513.pdf

child labour ILO

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  • Stuart Bell on 24 Sep 13
     
    "In contrast to the results reported in the 2010 Global Report... the newest estimates show that real advances have been made in the fight against child labour, particularly over the last four years. This means governments, workers and employers organisations, and civil society are on the right track and moving in the right direction. The investment, experience and attention paid to the elimination of child labour, with priority given to its worst forms, are clearly paying off. However good this news is, it has to be accompanied with an immediate reminder that success in this field can only be relative. As the assessment of the previous Global Report underlined, the progress is still too slow and its pace needs to pick up if the world community is going to come anywhere near to meeting the 2016 goal which it aims to achieve"
Kirsten Newitt

Mexico passes radical labour reforms | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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Mexico labour law

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  • Mexico's senate has approved a wide-reaching labour reform bill in the biggest shakeup of the country's job market in more than four decades.
  • The bill, which the government said will create up to 400,000 jobs a year, contains a raft of measures, including changes that would make it easier for firms to hire and fire workers and shorten labour disputes. However, parts of the bill that sought to make unions more transparent were cut back.
  • Under the new measures, work contracts will be more flexible, enshrining trial periods and initial training contracts in labour laws. Regulations will be tightened on outsourcing of personnel, while the minimum wage will rise from an hourly to a daily rate.The reform strengthens the rights of working women, including outlawing gender-based discrimination and helping mothers plan their work schedules. Unions will have to publish their regulatory statutes on the ministry of labour's website, but many of the tougher measures – including rules to force them to show how they manage members' fees – were dropped.
Kirsten Newitt

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' Conclusions - Paris, 26-27 September 2011 - 0 views

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G20 crisis

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  • To achieve these objectives, we ask our Leaders to consider the following policy recommendations: I – Improve active employment policies, particularly for young people and other vulnerable groups
  • II – Strengthen social protection by establishing social protection floors adapted to each country
  • III – Promote effective application of social and labour rights
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  • IV – Strengthen the coherence of economic and social policies
  • (8) Consolidate employment as a priority of economic policy
  • 9) Preparing our young people to find decent jobs
  • Accordingly, we agree on the following recommendations:
  • (10) Labour market policies for better social inclusion and access to jobs
  • (11) Employment policies informed by the contribution of relevant international organisations
  • Accordingly, we agree on the following recommendations: (15) Develop nationally defined social protection floors with a view to achieving strong, sustainable and balanced economic growth and social cohesion
  • (16) Encourage international organisations to coordinate their actions more effectively to help countries develop nationally determined social protection floors
  • (17) Ensure effective financing for the implementation of nationally determined social protection floors
  • (21) Ensure respect of the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
  • (22) Promote international labour standards
  • (26) Fully implement the 2008 Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalisation
  • (27) Strengthen our policy coherence
  • (28) Further enhance coordination among international organisations
  • we recommend setting up an intergovernmental task force on employment, composed of the G20 representatives, with the contribution of relevant international organisations and consulting social partners as appropriate. The task force will provide input to the G20 Labour and Employment ministerial meeting to be held under the Mexican Presidency in 2012. Its objectives and mandate are set out in the Annex.
Stuart Bell

2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 0 views

www.state.gov/...190814.htm

'labour rights' 'human

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    2011 US State Dept analysis of human rights situation country-by-country. Includes labour rights.
Kirsten Newitt

New Report from Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Conditions in South Africa's Fruit and... - 0 views

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HRW South Africa agriculture labour standards

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  • Kirsten Newitt on 24 Aug 11
     
    Human Rights Watch report, Aug 2011. Workers in Western Cape province who help produce South Africa's renowned wines and fruit are denied adequate housing, proper safety equipment, and basic labor rights, HRW said in a report released today. The government of South Africa, along with the industries that employ these laborers, should take immediate steps to improve their working and housing conditions, HRW said. The 96-page report documents conditions that include on-site housing that is unfit for living, exposure to pesticides without proper safety equipment, lack of access to toilets or drinking water while working, and efforts to block workers from forming unions. While the Western Cape's fruit and wine industries contribute billions of rand to the country's economy, support tourism, and are enjoyed by consumers around the world, their farmworkers earn among the lowest wages in South Africa. The report also describes insecure tenure rights and threats of eviction for longtime residents on farms.
Stuart Bell

Latest Ergon Update January 2014 - 1 views

www.ergonassociates.net/...233-january-2014

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  • Stuart Bell on 08 Jan 14
     
    Key developments in the field of labour standards, human rights and decent work that we think will move centre stage during the coming year.
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