2. • The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a
United Nations agency dealing with labour
issues, particularly international labour
standards and decent work for all.
• The ILO was founded in April 1919 primarily in
response to humanitarian concern over the
condition of workers who were being exploited
with no consideration for their health, their
family lives or their professional and Social
advancement.
• 185 of the 193 UN member states are members
of the ILO
• Headquartered at Geneva
ILO
3. • Full employment and raising of living.
• Protection for the life and health of
workers in all occupation.
• Provision for child welfare and
maternity protection.
• Assurance of quality education.
5. • The ILO has a tripartite
structure unique in the United
Nations system
• Employers’ and workers’
representatives – the “social
partners” – have an equal voice
with those of governments in
shaping its policies and
programmes.
Employers
Workers
Governments
7. The Governing Body decides the agenda of the International
Labour Conference, elects the director-general, requests
information from member states concerning labour matters,
appoints commissions of inquiry and supervises the work of
the International Labour Office.
Guy Ryder was the ILO's director-general since 2012.
This guiding body is composed of 28 government, 14 workers,
and 14 employers representatives.
Ten of the government seats are held by member states that
are nations of "chief industrial importance," viz. Brazil, China,
France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation,
the UK and the US.
8. International Labour Conference is also known as the
Parliament of Labour.
The ILO organizes the International Labour Conference
in Geneva every year in June.
The conference also makes decisions about the ILO's
General policy, Work programme and Budget.
Each member state has 4 representatives at the
conference: 2 government delegates, an employer and a
worker delegates.
9. 86th International Labour Conference in 1998
4 fundamental policies:
●The right of workers to associate freely and bargain
collectively;
●The end of forced and compulsory labour;
●The end of child labour; and
●The end of unfair discrimination among workers.
10. These cover subjects considered to be fundamental
principles and rights at work. The eleven fundamental
instruments are:
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (and its 2014 Protocol )
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957
Minimum Age Convention, 1973
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981
Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health
Convention, 2006
The ILO’s fundamental Conventions
11. ILO fight against:
• Fight against forced labour
• To protect the right of labours for fixing minimum
wage
• Rights of migrant workers - Migrant workers refer to
those who moves from place to place to do their job
13. International labour standards respond to a
growing number of needs and challenges
experienced by workers and employers in the
globalized economy.
The following subjects are covered by
international labour standards:
◦ Freedom of association
◦ Collective bargaining
◦ Forced labour
◦ Child labour
◦ Equality of opportunity and treatment
◦ Tripartite consultation
◦ Labour administration
14. Labour inspection
Employment policy
Employment promotion
Vocational guidance and training
Employment security
Wages
Working time
Occupational safety and health
Social security
Maternity protection
Social policy
Migrant workers
Seafarers
Fishers
Dock workers
Indigenous and tribal peoples
Other specific categories of workers
