PART II, SECTION 5– UNDERSTANDING SPECIFIC ESC RIGHTS

USING MODULE 10 IN A TRAINING PROGRAM

The Right to Work and Rights at Work

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The purpose of Module 10 is to provide an overview of the right to work as well as rights at work or labor rights.

This module should help trainees understand/clarify for themselves:

• the international standards guaranteeing the right to work, and how to analyze a state’s obligations related to this right; and

• the essential elements of rights at work (or labor rights) and their implications for protec­tion of ESC rights.

Suggested Methods

¨      Lecture presentation: A facilitator could make a lecture presentation summarizing the main points contained in the module.  However, the presentation should be done in two parts-the first part covering right to work and the second, covering rights at work.  It is important to include the gender dimension in both. 

¨      Group work on developing model policies for ensuring the enjoyment of the right to work: A facilitator could ask the participants in small groups to prepare model schemes for ensuring the enjoyment of the right to work.  For example, they could prepare an em­ployment guarantee scheme for unemployed rural youth.  The participants should justify how the proposed schemes contribute to the right to work and are not mere welfare schemes. 

¨      Presentation by union leaders: Trade union leaders could be invited to make a presenta­tion on the available national standards and international standards on rights at work.

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