GCTU proposals on migration regulation and social policy for older workers win CIS-level support
On 15 October, at the Tauride Palace in St Petersburg, the Standing Commission of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS Member Nations (IPA CIS) on Social Policy and Human Rights backed two documents prepared with the involvement of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU). These are the draft new edition of the Concept of a Common Migration Space of CIS Member Nations, which incorporates GCTU proposals, and the GCTU-drafted recommendations "Main Areas of Social Policy towards Older-Generation Workers of CIS Member Nations".
The GCTU's contributions to the concept concern the section "Main Areas of Interstate Migration Policy in the CIS Territorial Space". Under the new edition, infrastructure for the organised recruitment of migrant workers in sending and receiving regions is to be developed on the principles of social partnership, with the state retaining control and regulation of this sphere, and the activities of any private structures involved are subject to clear rules. Mechanisms for the legal and social protection of migrants are to be built on the same principles. The section has also been amended to include support for initiatives by the parties to social partnership that facilitate the free movement of labour between CIS countries.
The draft recommendations "Main Areas of Social Policy towards Older-Generation Workers of CIS Member Nations" set out a package of social policy measures on pay and employment, occupational safety and health, mentorship, and the creation of conditions for active longevity and the social inclusion of older workers.
Both documents will be presented at the next plenary session of the Interparliamentary Assembly.
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