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What are the contents of the multilateral banks’ labor safeguards?
The labor safeguards: a) detail the objectives of the labor safeguards, most of which are related to conformity of the measures with the international instruments of the ILO; b) describe the scope of application, which usually includes persons employed or contracted directly, persons contracted indirectly through third parties, or persons contracted by the borrower’s suppliers in the context of production chains; c) establish a series of requirements regarding working conditions that must be met by the borrowers, such as the duty to provide information to workers on their labor rights, respect for maximum working hours, payment of wages in accordance with national legislation, respect for trade union rights, the principle of equality and non-discrimination, the prohibition of child labor and forced labor, or respect for occupational health and safety measures; and d) establish as a requirement the duty to establish mechanisms to deal with complaints and grievances.
The following table contains links that provide access to the content
Table 18
of the multilateral development banks’ labor safeguards.
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS’ LABOR SAFEGUARDS
World Bank https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/environmental-andsocial-framework/brief/environmental-and-social-standards International Finance Corporation (IFC) https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ ifc_external_corporate_site/sustainability-at-ifc/policies-standards/ performance-standards/ps2 African Development Bank (AFDB) https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/document/afdbs-integratedsafeguards-system-policy-statement-and-operational-safeguards-34993 Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Safeguard Policy Statement) https://www.adb.org/site/safeguards/main 74
PRACTICAL GUIDE TO TRADE UNION ACTION: International Human Rights Instruments
