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Labour Legislations

Notes (g) Inter State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service)
Act, 1979
(h) Sales Promotion Employees (Condition of Service) Act, 1976
(i) Working Journalists and other Newspapers Employees (Condition of Service and
Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 1955.

1.9 Objectives of ILO

The Declaration of Philadelphia set forth 10 objectives, which the ILO was to further and promote
among the nations of the world. The theme underlying these objectives is social justice. The
objectives are as follows:
1. Full employment and the raising of standards of living,

2. The employment of workers in the occupation in which they can have the satisfaction of
giving the fullest measure of their skill, and make their contribution to the common well
being,
3. The provision, as a means to the attainment of this end, and under adequate guarantees for
all concerned, of facilities for training and the transfer of labour, including migration for
employment and settlement,
4. Policies in regard to wages and earning, bonus and other conditions of work, calculated to
ensure a just share of the fruits of progress to all, and a minimum living wage to all
employed and in need of protection,
5. The effective recognition of the right of collective bargaining, the cooperation of
management and labour in the continuous improvement of productive efficiency and the
collaboration of workers and employers in social and economic measures,
6. The extension of social security measures to provide a basic income to all in need of such
protection and comprehensive medical care,
7. Adequate protection for the life and health of workers in all occupations,
8. Provision for child welfare and maternity protection,

9. The provision of adequate nutrition, housing and facilities for creation and culture, and
10. The assurance of equality of educational and vocational opportunity.

1.10 International Labour Standards

The International Labour Standards, in the progress towards higher social and economic objectives,
continues to be the principal means at the disposal of the ILO to achieve social justice throughout
the world. The International Labour Conference, the legislative wing of the ILO provides a
forum for discussion and deliberation of international labour problems and this formulates the
standards in the form of conventions and recommendations. The conventions and
recommendations are collectively known as the International Labour Code.
Conventions are obligation-creating instruments, Recommendations are guidance providing
instruments. Once the Conventions are ratified by the member state, they become binding
international obligations, whereas Recommendations are essentially guides to national action
and do not create international obligations.

As the standards improve, the Conventions are revised and fresh amendments with higher
labour standards are adopted.

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