Guiding principles

II. Guiding principles

(j) the need for a just transition towards an

7. In taking measures on employment and environmentally sustainable economy as a decent work in response to crisis situations

means for sustainable economic growth arising from conflicts and disasters, and with a

and social progress; view to prevention, Members should take into

account the following: (k) the importance of social dialogue; (a) the promotion of full, productive, freely

(l) the importance of national reconciliation, chosen employment and decent work

where applicable; which are vital to promoting peace,

(m) the need for international solidarity, preventing crises, enabling recovery and

burden and responsibility-sharing and building resilience;

in accordance with (b) the need to respect, promote and realize

cooperation

international law; and the fundamental principles and rights at

(n) the need for close coordination and work, other human rights and other

synergies between humanitarian and relevant international labour standards,

development assistance, including for the and to take into account other international

promotion of full, productive, freely chosen instruments

and decent work and appropriate and applicable;

and documents,

as

employment

incomegeneration opportunities, avoiding (c) the importance of good governance and

the duplication of efforts and mandates. combating corruption and clientelism;

III. Strategic approaches

(d) the need to respect national laws and policies and use local knowledge, capacity

8. Members should adopt a phased multi- track approach implementing coherent and and resources;

comprehensive strategies for promoting peace, (e) the nature of the crisis and the extent of its

preventing crises, enabling recovery and impact on the capacity of governments,

building resilience that include: including regional and local government,

(a) stabilizing livelihoods and income through employers ’ and workers’ organizations, and

social protection and other national and relevant institutions, to

immediate

employment measures; provide effective responses, with the necessary international cooperation and

(b) promoting local economic recovery for employment and decent work opportunities

assistance, as required; and socio-economic reintegration; (f) the need to combat discrimination,

(c) promoting sustainable employment and prejudice and hatred on the basis of race,

colour, sex, religion, political opinion, decent work, social protection and social inclusion, sustainable development, the

national extraction, social origin, disability, creation of sustainable enterprises, in

International standards and human rights instruments

particular small and

coordinated and inclusive needs enterprises, the transition from the

medium-sized

(a) a

assessment with a clear gender perspective; informal to the formal economy, a just

(b) an urgent response to satisfy basic needs transition towards an environmentally

and provide services, including social sustainable economy and access to public

support to livelihoods, services;

protection,

immediate employment measures and (d) ensuring consultation and encouraging

income-generation opportunities for active participation of employers ’ and

population groups and individuals who workers ’ organizations in planning,

have been made particularly vulnerable by implementing and monitoring measures for

the crisis;

recovery and resilience, taking into (c) assistance, provided to the extent possible account, as appropriate, the views of the

by public authorities with the support of relevant civil society organizations;

the international community, engaging (e) conducting

social partners and, where appropriate, assessments

employment

impact

relevant civil society and community-based programmes implemented through public

of national

recovery

organizations;

and private investment in order to promote (d) safe and decent working conditions, full, productive, freely chosen employment

including the provision of personal and decent work for all women and men, in

equipment and medical particular for young persons and persons

protective

assistance for all workers, including those with disabilities;

engaged in rescue and rehabilitation (f) providing guidance and support to

activities; and

employers to enable them to take effective (e) the re-establishment, whenever necessary, measures to identify, prevent, mitigate and

government institutions and of account for how they address the risks of

of

employers ’ and workers’ organizations, as adverse impacts on human and labour

of relevant civil society rights in their operations, or in products,

services or operations to which they may be directly linked;

IV. Employment and income-generation

(g) applying a gender perspective in all crisis

opportunities

prevention and response

10. In enabling recovery and building implementation, monitoring and evaluation

design,

Members should adopt and activities;

resilience,

implement a comprehensive and sustainable (h) creating economic, social and legal

employment strategy to promote full, productive, frameworks at the national level to

freely chosen employment and decent work for encourage lasting and sustainable peace

women and men, taking into account the and development, while respecting rights

Policy Convention, 1964 at work;

Employment

(No. 122), and guidance provided in relevant (i) promoting social dialogue and collective

the International Labour bargaining;

(j) building or restoring labour market

11. Members should, in consultation with the institutions,

most representative employers ’ and workers’ services, for stabilization and recovery;

including

employment

organizations, adopt inclusive measures in order to promote full, productive, freely chosen

(k) developing the capacity of governments, employment and decent work and income- including regional and local authorities, and

opportunities through, as of employers ’ and workers’ organizations;

generation

appropriate:

and (a) employment-intensive investment strategies (l) taking measures, as appropriate, for the

programmes, including public socio-economic reintegration of persons

and

employment programmes; who have been affected by a crisis, in

particular those formerly associated with (b) local economic recovery and development armed forces and groups, including

initiatives, with a special focus on through training programmes that aim to

livelihoods in both rural and urban areas; improve their employability.

(c) the creation or restoration of an enabling

9. Crisis response in the immediate aftermath environment for sustainable enterprises, of a conflict or disaster should include, as

including the promotion of small and appropriate:

medium-sized enterprises as well as of cooperatives and other social economy

Building social protection systems

initiatives, with particular emphasis on (a) integrated training, employment and initiatives to facilitate access to finance;

labour market programmes that address (d) supporting sustainable enterprises to

the specific situations of young persons ensure business continuity in order to

entering the world of work; and maintain and expand the level of

(b) specific youth employment components in employment and enable the creation of

demobilization and new

disarmament,

jobs and income-generation reintegration programmes that incorporate opportunities;

counselling and other (e) facilitating a just transition towards an

psychosocial

to address anti-social environmentally sustainable economy as a

interventions

behaviour and violence, with a view to means for sustainable economic growth

reintegration into civilian life. and social progress, and for creating new

14. In the event of a crisis resulting in large jobs and income-generation opportunities;

numbers of internally displaced persons, (f) supporting

social protection

and

Members should:

employment and respecting, promoting (a) support the livelihoods, training and and realizing the fundamental principles

of internally displaced and rights at work of those in the informal

employment

persons, with a view to promoting their economy and encouraging the transition of

socio-economic and labour market workers and economic units in the informal

integration;

economy to the formal economy, taking (b) build resilience and strengthen the into account the Transition from the

capacity of host communities to promote Informal

decent employment opportunities for all, Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204);

to the Formal

Economy

with a view to ensuring that the (g) supporting the public sector and promoting

livelihoods and employment of local socially, economically and environmentally

populations are maintained and their responsible public –private partnerships

ability to host internally displaced persons and other mechanisms for skills and

is strengthened; and capacity development and employment

(c) facilitate the voluntary return of internally generation;

displaced persons to their places of origin (h) creating incentives for multinational

and their reintegration into labour markets enterprises to cooperate with national

when the situation allows it. enterprises in order to create productive, freely chosen employment and decent work

V. RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND

and to undertake human rights due

NON-DISCRIMINATION

15. In responding to discrimination arising for human and labour rights, taking into

diligence with a view to ensuring respect

from or exacerbated by conflicts or disasters account the Tripartite Declaration of

and when taking measures for promoting Principles

peace, preventing crises, enabling recovery and Enterprises and Social Policy; and

concerning

Multinational

building resilience, Members should: (i) facilitating the employment of persons

(a) respect, promote and realize equality of formerly associated with armed forces and

opportunity and treatment for women and groups, as appropriate.

men without discrimination of any kind,

12. Members should develop and apply active taking into account the Equal Remuneration labour market policies and programmes with a

Convention (No. 100) and Recommendation particular focus

(No. 90), 1951, and the Discrimination marginalized groups and population groups and

on disadvantaged

and

(Employment and Occupation) Convention individuals who have been made particularly

(No. 111) and Recommendation (No. 111), vulnerable by a crisis, including, but not

limited to, persons with disabilities, internally (b) pay special attention to single-headed displaced persons, migrants and refugees, as

households, in particular when they are appropriate and in accordance with national

headed by children, women, persons with laws and regulations.

disabilities or elderly persons;

13. In responding to crisis situations, (c) take measures to ensure that women who Members should seek to provide income-

have been employed during a crisis and generation opportunities, stable employment

have assumed expanded responsibilities and decent work for young women and men,

are not replaced against their will when the including through:

male workforce returns;

International standards and human rights instruments

(d) take measures to ensure that women are

16. In combating child labour arising from or empowered to effectively and meaningfully

exacerbated by conflicts or disasters, Members participate in decision-making processes in

should:

the context of recovery and building (a) take all necessary measures to prevent, resilience, and that their needs and

identify and eliminate child labour in crisis interests are prioritized in strategies and

responses, taking into account the responses, and that the human rights of

Minimum Age Convention (No. 138) and women and girls are promoted and

Recommendation (No. 146), 1973; protected;

(b) take urgent action to prevent, identify and (e) prevent and punish all forms of gender-

eliminate the worst forms of child labour, based violence, including rape, sexual

including the trafficking of children and the exploitation and harassment, and protect

recruitment of children for use in armed and support victims;

conflict, taking into account the Worst (f) pay particular attention to establishing or

Forms of Child Labour Convention (No. 182) restoring conditions of stability and socio-

and Recommendation (No. 190), 1999; economic development for population

(c) provide rehabilitation, social integration groups that have been particularly affected

and training programmes for children and by a crisis, including, but not limited to,

young persons formerly associated with persons belonging to minorities, indigenous

armed forces and groups to help them and tribal peoples, internally displaced

readjust to civilian life; and persons, persons with disabilities, migrants and refugees, taking into account the

(d) ensure the provision of social protection services to protect children, for instance

Discrimination (Employment

Occupation) Convention (No. 111) and through cash or in-kind transfers. Recommendation (No. 111), 1958, as well

and

17. In combating forced or compulsory labour as other relevant international labour

arising from or exacerbated by conflicts or standards

disasters, Members should take urgent action instruments and documents, as applicable;

and other

international

to prevent, identify and eliminate all forms of forced or compulsory labour, including

(g) ensure that persons belonging to minorities concerned, and indigenous and tribal

trafficking in persons for purposes of forced or peoples are consulted, in particular

compulsory labour, taking into account the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) and

through their representative institutions, where they exist, and participate directly in

its Protocol of 2014, the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105), and the

the decision-making process, especially if the territories inhabited or used by

Forced Labour (Supplementary Measures) Recommendation, 2014 (No. 203).

indigenous and tribal peoples and their environment are affected by a crisis and

VI. Education, vocational training

related recovery and stability measures;

and guidance

(h) ensure, in consultation with employers ’

18. In preventing and responding to crisis and workers ’ organizations, that persons

situations, and on the basis of the principle of with disabilities, including those who

equal opportunity and treatment for women and acquired a disability as a result of conflict

men, girls and boys, Members should ensure or disaster, are provided with opportunities

that:

for rehabilitation, education, specialized (a) the provision of education is not disrupted, vocational

or is restored as quickly as possible, and retraining, and employment, taking into

that children, including those who are account relevant international labour

internally displaced, migrants or refugees, standards

have access to free, quality, public instruments and documents; and

and other

international

education, including with the support of (i) ensure that the human rights of all

international aid, in accordance with migrants and members of their families

relevant international law and without staying in a country affected by a crisis are

discrimination of any kind at all stages of respected on a basis of equality with those

crisis and recovery; and of national populations, taking into

(b) second chance programmes for children account relevant national provisions, as

and young persons are available and well as relevant international labour

address key needs arising from any standards

interruption of their education and instruments and documents, as applicable.

and other

international

training.

Building social protection systems

who have been made situations,

19. In preventing and responding to crisis

individuals

particularly vulnerable by the crisis. appropriate:

Members should,

where

22. In order to prevent crises, enable (a) formulate or adapt a national education,

recovery and build resilience, Members training,

should establish, re-establish or maintain guidance programme that assesses and

social protection floors, as well as seek to responds to emerging skills needs for

close the gaps in their coverage, taking into recovery

account the Social Security (Minimum consultation with education and training

and reconstruction,

in

Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), the institutions and employers ’ and workers’

Social Protection Floors Recommendation, organizations, engaging fully all relevant

2012 (No. 202), and other relevant public and private stakeholders;

international labour standards. (b) adapt curricula and train teachers and

instructors to promote:

VIII. Labour law, labour administration and labour market information

(i) peaceful coexistence and reconciliation for peacebuilding and resilience; and

23. In recovering from crisis situations, Members should, in consultation with the most (ii) disaster risk education, reduction,

employers ’ and workers’ awareness

representative

and management

for

organizations:

recovery, reconstruction and resilience; (a) review, establish, re-establish or reinforce (c) coordinate

labour legislation, if necessary, including retraining services at national, regional and

provisions on labour protection and local levels, including higher education,

occupational safety and health at work, apprenticeship, vocational training and

consistent with the ILO Declaration on entrepreneurship training, and enable

Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work women and men whose education and

and its Follow-up (1998) and applicable training have been prevented or interrupted

international labour standards; to enter or resume and complete their

education and training; (b) ensure that labour laws support the generation of productive, freely chosen (d) extend and adapt training and retraining

employment and decent work opportunities; programmes to meet the needs of all

persons whose employment has been (c) establish, re-establish or reinforce, as interrupted; and

necessary,

the system of labour administration, including labour inspection

(e) give special attention to the training and and other competent institutions, taking economic

into account the Labour Inspection populations, including in rural areas and in

Convention, 1947 (No. 81), as well as the the informal economy.

system of collective bargaining and

20. Members should ensure that women and collective agreements, taking into account girls have access, on the basis of equal

the Right to Organise and Collective opportunity and treatment, to all education and

Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98); training programmes developed for recovery

(d) establish, restore or enhance, as necessary, and resilience.

systems for the collection and analysis of

VII. Social protection

labour market information, focusing in

21. In responding to crisis situations, particular on population groups most affected by the crisis;

Members should, as quickly as possible: (e) establish or restore and strengthen public (a) seek to ensure basic income security, in

employment services, including emergency particular for persons whose jobs or

employment services; livelihoods have been disrupted by the

crisis;

(f) ensure

regulation of private employment agencies, taking into account

the

(b) develop, restore or enhance comprehensive

Employment Agencies social security schemes and other social

the

Private

Convention, 1997 (No. 181); and protection

account national legislation

(g) promote synergies among all labour market international agreements; and

and

actors to enable local populations to obtain the maximum benefit from employment

(c) seek to ensure effective access to essential opportunities generated by investments health care and other basic social services,

in particular for population groups and related to the promotion of peace and recovery.

International standards and human rights instruments

IX. Social dialogue and role of employers ’

workers, including those in precarious

and workers ’ organizations

employment, women migrant workers,

24. In responding to crisis situations, youth migrant workers and migrant workers Members should, in consultation with the most

with disabilities, in all sectors; representative

employers ’ and workers’ (d) give due consideration to migrant workers organizations:

and their families in shaping labour (a) ensure that all measures provided for in

policies and programmes dealing with this Recommendation are developed or

responses to conflicts and disasters, as promoted through gender-inclusive social

appropriate; and dialogue, taking into account the Tripartite

(e) facilitate the voluntary return of migrants Consultation

and their families in conditions of safety Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144);

(International

Labour

and dignity.

(b) create an enabling environment for the

27. Consistent with the guidance provided in establishment, restoration or strengthening

Parts V, VIII and IX, Members should promote of employers ’ and workers’ organizations;

equality of opportunity and treatment for all and

migrant workers with regard to fundamental (c) encourage, where

principles and rights at work, and coverage cooperation

appropriate,

close

under relevant national labour laws and organizations.

regulations, and in particular:

25. Members should recognize the vital role (a) educate migrants about their labour rights of employers ’ and workers’ organizations in

and protections, including by providing crisis response, taking into account the

information on the rights and obligations of Freedom of Association and Protection of the

workers and the means of redress for Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87),

violations, in a language they understand; and the Right to Organise and Collective

(b) enable the participation of migrants in Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), and in

representative organizations of employers particular:

and workers;

(a) assist sustainable enterprises, particularly (c) adopt measures and facilitate campaigns small and medium-sized enterprises, to

combat discrimination and undertake business continuity planning to

that

xenophobia in the workplace and highlight recover from crises by means of training,

the positive contributions of migrants, with advice and material support, and facilitate

the active engagement of employers ’ and access to finance;

workers ’ organizations and of civil society; (b) assist workers, in particular those who have

and

been made vulnerable by the crisis, to (d) consult and engage employers ’ and recover from the crisis through training,

workers ’ organizations and, as appropriate, advice and material support; and

other relevant civil society organizations, (c) take measures for these purposes through

with respect to employment of migrants. the collective bargaining process as well as

by other methods of social dialogue.

XI. Refugees and returnees