Sustainable development goal 8 believes in “Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all”.
According to the United Nations, Decent work implies “opportunities for everyone to get work that is productive and delivers a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration.” They emphasize providing gender-based equality in work opportunities.
It is vital for reducing poverty and
for achieving sustainable, equitable and inclusive economic growth.
International Labor Organization (ILO) provides the framework for such policies
to the nations. It convened an international Tripartite Meeting of Experts
(TME) on the Measurement of Decent Work in 2008 for experts’ views and
recommendations on the conceptual framework proposed by the ILO. Later,
the ILO Governing Body and the 18th International Conference of Labour
Statisticians (ICLS) adopted the proposed recommendations and incorporated the
framework of Decent Work Indicators covering ten crucial elements and four
strategic pillars of Decent work. These are:
4. Standards
and rights at work: the
governments are to be held responsible for ensuring rights at work and to frame
stringent labor laws to safeguard the interests of workers and their dignity in
particular the poor disadvantaged laborers whose voice gets
muffled.
3. Employment
creation and enterprise development: We
need to build such an economy that has the potential to generate opportunities
for investment, entrepreneurship, skills development, job creation and better
working conditions aiming for full and productive employment. Sustainable
enterprises and efficient economies are requisite for taking the country out of
poverty.
2. Social
protection: countries should promote
inclusivity and productivity simultaneously. They need to ensure that both men
and women have safe workplaces, get equal wages for equal work, flexible
working hours, good work-life balance, provisions for healthcare, medical leave
and so on.
1. Social
dialogue: there is a need for
promoting strong and independent workers’ and employers' organizations as they
are crucial for augmenting productivity, avoiding and resolving conflicts at
work, and building cohesive societies and a cooperative work environment.
Further strengthening
‘Tripartism’ i.e. “the economic system of corporatism based on mixed economy
and tripartite contracts between employers' organizations, trade unions, and
the government of a country”.
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