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Unit 2: ILO and its Contribution in Labour Welfare and Social Security

the Recommendation. A Member State has to bring the Recommendation to the notice of the Notes
appropriate authority within one year at the most or 18 months under exceptional conditions,
after the closing of the session of conference.
Apart from bringing the Recommendation before the competent authority, no further obligation
rests upon the Member States except that they have to report as and when requested by the
Governing Body, showing the extent to which effect has been given or is proposed to be given
to the provisions of the Recommendation. Thus, a Member State is free to modify the provisions
of the Recommendation for the purpose of legislation or implementation, which is not the case
with a Convention.

Caselet ILO Urges India

he International Labour Organisation (ILO) has suggested that India evolve a fresh
national labour policy aligning the interests of workers engaged in outsourcing
Tactivities with the social security net to adequately safeguard their interests.

Making this recommendation at an Assocham conference on "Knowledge Management of
Contract Labour and Handling Outsourcing" on Friday, ILO Director Ms Leyla Tegmo
Reddy said management of contract labour and handling outsourcing will yield better
results if the labour force that is engaged in enterprises for outsourcing activities along
the supply chain is decently protected.
"While there may well be business reasons for this, viewing the enterprise as a 'community
of people' is a growing need for enterprises to demonstrate that they stand for the
enhancement of the quality of life of the people who help their enterprise to grow."
Source: thehindubusinessline.com

2.4 Major Activities of ILO

The ILO has made relentless efforts to achieve the objectives set forth in the Constitution. The
major activities of ILO relate to:
1. Improvement of work and life conditions,

2. Development of human resources and social institutions,
3. Research and planning.
The principal aim behind the improvement of conditions of work and life is "to promote national,
regional and international action designed to adjust these conditions to the requirements of
social progress at all stages of economic development, bearing in mind the interdependence of
social progress and economic growth. Five programmes in the field of human resources are
intended "to determine principles and policies which should govern the development and
utilisation of human resources, and to encourage their application through technical programmes
in the fields of employment policy and employment promotion, vocational guidance and
training, basic and advanced management training, manpower planning and organisation, and
classification of occupations".
The main purpose behind the development of social institutions is "to identify and advance
solutions to the problems connected with the framing and implementation of policies of
economic and social development, such as the role of workers' and employers' organisations,

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