(ii) International Labour Standards

As far as the normative dimension is concerned, the work of ILO focuses on the application and promotion of international labour standards, namely international labour conventions, which are binding, and international labour recommendations, which are non binding.

Twelve of these Teams included specialists on international labour standards.

Efforts are under way to seek partners to support the installation of ILOLEX in all ILO member States.

ILOLEX contains 37,000 documents including ILO conventions and recommendations, the ILO Constitution and reports of committees charged with supervising the application of those documents.

Workload standards

Meeting the standards of the international marketplace

Introduction and overview

The agenda of the 81st Session of the International Labour Conference included consideration of the adoption of international labour standards on part time work.

In 1988, Anguilla, ..., Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and Montserrat participated in the ILO Third Caribbean Regional Seminar on International Labour Standards.

The setting or compliance with international internal or external audit standards

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Stipulation and application of labour standards

The codes have the advantage of extending and strengthening the application of labour standards across national boundaries, government jurisdictions, and international corporations.

Unfortunately, many of these workplaces are perilous and do not conform with international and national labour standards for health and safety.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards exist.

5. As is well known, the principal means of action of ILO since its inception in 1919 has been the formulation, adoption and implementation of international labour standards, particularly through its Conventions and Recommendations.

123. The Centre for Human Rights should, in cooperation with ILO and other relevant organizations, ensure the development of a draft labour law in conformity with applicable international human rights standards.

A. Standards of conduct for the international civil service

B. Standards of conduct for the international civil service

32. Also welcomes the work of the International Labour Organization to consolidate and modernize international maritime labour standards, and calls upon Member States to take an active interest in the development of these new standards for seafarers and fishers

However, the new Government in South Africa is in the process of preparing comprehensive legislation in conformity with the International Labour Organization (ILO) standards to remedy the situation.

Consider the Basel III international banking standards.

(Labour, Health and Safety Standards)

ILO indicated that it had organized every year a number of seminars and symposia regarding international labour standards, such as the international symposium on the role of worker apos s education in the promotion of trade union rights (October 1994), a meeting of experts on maritime labour standards (November December 1994) and various regional seminars.

71. A minimum protection for vulnerable female migrants would be ensured by the ratification of international labour standards concerning migrant workers by migrant sending and receiving States.

The pattern of unequal remuneration was universal, notwithstanding the ILO standards on equality of pay and the legislation adopted by many countries.

Transparency of information and the adoption of international accounting standards also need to be promoted.

We hire women who need to learn workplace norms

However, as indicated above, Bermuda has participated in at least one Multi Island project The ILO Third Caribbean Regional Seminar on International Labour Standards, held during 1988.

With respect to the standardization of international trade in olive products

Criteria for a global analysis and evaluation of national action plans on youth employment

Further, workload standards have not yet been revised.

The Board recommended that, in addition to this, the revision of work standards should also be taken up promptly.

To support firms' endeavours to maintain competitiveness, reform of domestic labour laws might be necessary in order to increase flexibility in employment while enforcing international labour standards.

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Ms. Donovan (International Labour Organization (ILO)) said that the elimination of child labour was an attainable goal towards which her organization was working by means of international labour standards and technical cooperation.