SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR - PRACTICE, CONCEPT, STANDARD AND GLOBAL SOCIAL POLICY

• Authors: Krzysztof Hagemejer
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

101th Session of the International Labour conference in June 2012 adopted new Recommendation concerning national floors of social protection. The paper explains reasons which led to adoption of this recommendation, whose main intention is to secure protection to all those who in developing countries have no protection now – and in the first instance to the poorest. Contents of the recommendation are presented focussing on the points where initial positions of government, employers and workers delegates differed and where concessions and compromises were necessary. It is also discussed how the new recommendation relates to existing ILO social security conventions, and in particular to Minimum Standards (Social Security) Convention no 102. In conclusions, main challenges to the implementation of the Recommendation in developing countries are pointed out, as well as its potential relevance in developing, including European, countries.

Keywords

EN

social protection floor; practice; concept; standard; social policy

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1(9) ENG "OLD" AND "NEW" SOCIAL RISKS
• Pages: 14-19

Contributors

author

Krzysztof Hagemejer

• Międzynarodowa Organizacja Pracy

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