II — Functions of the National System of Labour Administration Verdrag betreffende de bestuurstaak op het gebied van de arbeid: taak, functies en organisatie
Functions of the National System of Labour Administration
Labour Standards
5.
(1) The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should - in consultation with organisations of employers and workers and in a manner and under conditions determined by national laws or regulations, or national practice - take an active part in the preparation, development, adoption, application and review of labour standards, including relevant laws and regulations.
(2) They should make their services available to employers' and workers' organisations, as may be appropriate under national laws or regulations, or national practice, with a view to promoting the regulation of terms and conditions of employment by means of collective bargaining.
6. The system of labour administration should include a system of labour inspection.
Labour Relations
7. The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should participate in the determination and application of such measures as may be necessary to ensure the free exercise of employers' and workers' right of association.
8.
(1) There should be labour administration programmes aimed at the promotion, establishment and pursuit of labour relations which encourage progressively better conditions of work and working life and which respect the right to organise and bargain collectively.
(2) The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should assist in the improvement of labour relations by providing or strengthening advisory services to undertakings, employers' organisations and workers' organisations requesting such services, in accordance with programmes established on the basis of consultation with such organisations.
9. The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should promote the full development and utilisation of machinery for voluntary negotiation.
10. The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should be in a position to provide, in agreement with the employers' and workers' organisations concerned, conciliation and mediation facilities, appropriate to national conditions, in case of collective disputes.
Employment
11.
(1) The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should be responsible for or participate in the preparation, administration, co-ordination, checking and review of national employment policy.
(2) A central body of the system of labour administration, to be determined in accordance with national laws or regulations, or national practice, should be closely associated with, or responsible for taking, appropriate institutional measures to co-ordinate the activities of the various authorities and bodies which are concerned with particular aspects of employment policy.
12. The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should co-ordinate, or participate in the co-ordination of, employment services, employment promotion and creation programmes, vocational guidance and vocational training programmes and unemployment benefit schemes, and they should co-ordinate, or participate in the co-ordination of, these various services, programmes and schemes with the implementation of general employment policy measures.
13. The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should be responsible for establishing, or promoting the establishment of, methods and procedures for ensuring consultation of employers' and workers' organisations, or - where appropriate - employers' and workers' representatives, on employment policies, and promotion of their co-operation in the implementation of such policies.
14.
(1) The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should be responsible for manpower planning or where this is not possible should participate in the functioning of manpower planning bodies through both institutional representation and the provision of technical information and advice.
(2) They should participate in the co-ordination and integration of manpower plans with economic plans.
(3) They should promote joint action of employers and workers, with the assistance as appropriate of public authorities and bodies, regarding both short- and long-term employment policies.
15. The system of labour administration should include a free public employment service and operate such a service effectively.
16. The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should, wherever national laws and regulations, or national practice, so permit, have or share responsibility for the management of public funds made available for such purposes as countering underemployment and unemployment, regulating the regional distribution of employment, or promoting and assisting the employment of particular categories of workers, including sheltered employment schemes.
17. The competent bodies within the system of labour administration should, in a manner and under conditions determined by national laws or regulations, or national practice, participate in the development of comprehensive and concerted policies and programmes of human resources development including vocational guidance and vocational training.
Research in Labour Matters
18. For the fulfilment of its social objectives, the system of labour administration should carry out research as one of its important functions and encourage research by others.
- Regeling
- Verdrag betreffende de bestuurstaak op het gebied van de arbeid: taak, functies en organisatie
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 08-08-1981
- BWB-id
- BWBV0003764
- Versie
- 1981-08-08_0