- Title
- The concept of decent work in a South African context
- Creator
- Ndung'u, Agnes
- Subject
- Labor laws and legislation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Labor supply -- South Africa
- Subject
- Labor policy -- South Africa
- Subject
- Labor laws and legislation, International
- Subject
- Labor economics -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2011
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- LLM
- Identifier
- vital:10199
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1618
- Identifier
- Labor laws and legislation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Labor supply -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Labor policy -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Labor laws and legislation, International
- Identifier
- Labor economics -- South Africa
- Description
- Work is a key component of people's lives and most people aspire to have work that is sufficient to provide a living wage so as to lift them out of poverty and social exclusion and also that is secure enough to guarantee a decent livelihood. The Decent Work Agenda has gained much popularity in recent years and proposes an approach to development that emphasizes fair and sustainable working opportunities that include principles of rights at work, social protection and social dialogue. Various issues have been raised in this study. Firstly, the decent work concept needs to be understood comprehensively as there is misconception about what the concept implies and what it can achieve. Secondly, it is acknowledged that there are huge decent work deficits in South Africa especially in the informal sector which impede on the advancement of people‟s conditions of living, cause people to live lives of poverty as well as deprive people of a life of dignity. This is despite decent work having a solid basis in labour legislation and also South Africa being bound by international law and principles concerning decent work. The study observes that reform in labour legislation is recommended to help overcome the decent work deficits. The ILO has proposed the Decent Work Country Programmes to help countries align their economic development goals with the international goal of the achievement of Decent Work for all. South Africa also has its own solutions such as the New Growth Path as well as other policies. The main issue however is how these policies can be implemented effectively and how decent work can be achieved against a backdrop of the socio – economic challenges that South Africa faces.
- Format
- viii, 72 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Law
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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