Monitoring International Labor Standards National Legal Frameworks: Summary of a Workshop (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Department of State monitors workers' rights abroad and reports on the status of those rights as part of its annual report to Congress in the Coon try Reports on Human Rights Practices. Building on this history of monitoring and encouraging workers' rights around the world, the Trade Act of 2002 includes on the list of overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States "promote respect for worker rights."2 1For example, U.S.
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The committee has undertaken a two-year project with multiple intersecting activities that will · identify relevant, valid, reliable, and useful sources of country-level data on labor standards and incorporate them into a database tailored to the current and anticipated needs of DOL's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) ; · assess the quality of existing and potential data and indicators that can be used to systematically monitor labor practices and the effectiveness of enforcement in order to determine compliance with national labor legislation and international standards; · identify innovative measures to determine compliance with international labor standards on a country-by-country basis and to measure progress on improved labor legislation and enforcement; · explore the relationship between labor standards compliance and national policies relating to human capital issues; and · recommend sustainable reporting procedures to monitor countries' progress toward implementation of international labor standards.
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Workshop on National Legal Frameworks and Enforcement Mechanisms The committee is charged with assembling information on country compliance with international labor standards and organizing these data into an easily accessible, web-based format for use by the DOL. As one step in this process, the committee held a workshop in November 2002 to discuss national legal frameworks and the challenges of measuring the extent to which international standards have been incorporated into national laws and practices.
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