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Labour Legislations

Notes co-operatives, rural organisations, and different forms of enterprise, and the improvement of
labour relations at various levels – undertaking, industry, regional and national.''
1. Creation of international standards of labour: An important activity of ILO is the creation
of international standards of labour on various labour and social matters. This is done
primarily by the adoption of Conventions and Recommendations. These Conventions
and Recommendations have covered a wide variety of areas such as basic human rights,
employment, conditions of work, industrial relations, social security, employment of
children and women, labour administration, social policy and matters affecting special
categories of workers. These Conventions and Recommendations have contributed much
towards the establishment of uniformity in labour standards on a global basis and have
influenced labour legislation and collective bargaining in member countries.

2. Employment promotion: ILO assists countries in the pursuit of higher levels of productive
employment. The efforts of ILO in this regard comprise:
(a) exploring the short and long-term employment effects of alternative development
strategies;
(b) aiding the functioning of labour markets through appropriate policies and measures;
(c) addressing the employment, income and organisational requirements of unprotected
and unorganised labour who form the majority of workforce in the developing
countries;

(d) assisting in managing the transition from State-run to market oriented economies;
(e) responding to the increased migratory pressure resulting from demographic changes,
structural adjustment and imbalances in world development;

(f) encouraging productivity in formal and informal sectors;
(g) protecting especially vulnerable groups and the elimination of discrimination against
specific groups.

3. Collection and distribution of information and publication: ILO has been a world repository
of information on labour and social questions and a publishing house. The ILO collects
information on a global basis, on a wide variety of social and labour subjects and makes
them available to the member countries. Statistics collected by ILO are universally regarded
as an authoritative source of statistical information. Research accompanies and reinforces
the activities relating to collection of information. The ILO operates the International
Labour Information Service on social and labour questions which is drawn extensively on
its rich library containing more than two lakhs titles. The library of ILO publishes
LABORDOC, a database of major literature on ILO interests, and provides information,
documents, and so on to ILO's staff and a vast range of ILO related institutions, using a
variety of modern information technologies.

Notes The ILO brings out a number of authentic publications on major international
labour and social issues, standard reference works, technical guides on specialized topics,
codes of practice on occupational safety and health, workers' education materials, and
text-books on management. The periodical publications of the organisation include:
(i) International Labour Review (quarterly journal); (ii) Official Bulletin; (iii) Labour Law
Documents; (iv) Conditions of Work Digest; (v) Labour Education; (vi) Year Book of
Labour Statistics and Bulletin of Labour Statistics; (vii) International Labour Documentation;
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