VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) Brent WILTON Deputy Secretary-General INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF EMPLOYERS (IOE ) PRECARIOUS WORK

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) TERM USED TO DESCRIBE NON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT WHICH IS:  Poorly paid  Unprotected  Cannot support a house hold » Wikipedia  Gendered nature 1

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH:  Part-time work  Self employment  Fixed term work  Temporary work  On-call  Telecommuting » IUF 2 vs STANDARD EMPLOYMENT ie full time continuous work with one employer

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) TRADE UNIONS – ALL SHARE SOME DISADVANTAGES  Low wages  Few benefits  Lack of collective representation  Little or no job security 3

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) 4 DIMENSIONS 1.Degree of uncertainty 2.Control over labour practices (absence of T.U, lack of control over working conditions, wages and pace of work) 3.Degree of regulatory protection 4.Income level 4

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) ALL GUF’S INVOLVED IN CAMPAIGNS ICEM CONTRACT AND AGENCY LABOUR NEWSLETTER (CAL)  Chile contract workers strike. May 2010  4000 subcontractors 5 PERU  Petrobas (Skanska Peru) contract workers needs to be made permanent  Labour inspectorate

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels)  66% of affiliates that responded – increase in temporary or part-time work  Increase in wage and benefit gasp  40% taking measures to avoid increases in precarious work 6 SURVEY ICEM / IMF (252 responses)

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels)  Metal, pulp and paper, forestry, food service  Nat LO union bargaining priority  Some variaton but;  Employers have to negotiate before turning to labour-hire companies  Local level – must take into account permanent workers made redundant and on a re-hire list.  If those people qualified – must rehire financial penalties if don’t  If no agreement – goes to the national level for a joint panel to decide  Model for others? 7 SWEDEN

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) SENEGAL  Union pressures results in new law 8 GARMENT INDUSTRY  69% of affiliates report increase  Avoidance of O/T maternity family leave, holidays, access to pensions OH&S ZAMBIA  Criticism by Government over use of temporary workers to fill “traditionally” permanent positions

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) IUF  Lobby to Prof. John Ruggie to explore relationship between precarious work and the realisation of Human Rights 9 EUROPEAN METALWORKERS FEDERATION  Common co-ordinated collective bargaining policy against precarious work UNITED KINGDOM  Equality and Human Rights Commission Report on recruitment and treatment of agency workers in meat and poultry processing

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) ASIA PACIFIC GUF MEETING ON CAL 18 – 19 APRIL 2010  CAL a priority issue  Co-operate in campaigning for legislation which would make user enterprises responsible  Collective bargaining to address 10 COMPANIES  Rio Tinto  Coca-Cola  Unilever

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels) IFA PROVISIONS  Clause wherever practicable employ all labour –Applies to company and subcontractors 11 BWI MODEL  Uses model clause language 2005 Veidekke SA (BWI)

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels)  Suppliers – not to impair rights of regular employment through use of subcontracting homework Inditex (ITGLWF)  As a “main rule” employment be permanent  Temps P/T receive the same relative terms and conditions as full time 2003 Norske Skog (ICEM)

VBO – FEB 25 – 26 May 2010 (Brussels)  Trying, wherever reasonably possible, to create stable employment Telefónica (UNI)  Recognises that permanent employment is preferable to both parties  Recognition of “occasional” use of hired-in, part-time and temporary 2008 Aker (IMF)