The role of standards in labour & social security law
Subtitle: international, regional & national perspectives
By: [edited by] Marius Olivier, Ockert Dupper, Avinash Govindjee, with The Centre for International & Comparative Labour & Social Security Law, University of Stellenbosch & The International Institute for Social Law & Policy, Perth
Contributors: Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law; International Institute for Social Law & Policy
Publisher: Juta
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Claremont, Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781485100126
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: International Labor laws and legislation; Congresses; Labor laws and legislation; Social security (International law); Social security; Law and legislation; Southern African Development Community
Other titles: Labour & social security law
Description: Examines international standards, their interrelationship, and their interaction with national labour law, social security systems and regional regimes. Also reflects on the relevance and limitations of international standards and also highlights the importance of a human rights approach and the role of private actors in the protection of labour and social security rights.
Notes: "Contains a collection of selected contributions originally presented as papers at an international conference held at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced  Study (STIAS) in Stellenbosch, South Africa during September 2011"--Page xi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: International labour standards: a complex public-private policy mix / by Manfred Weiss; title: International labour and social security standards: a developing country critique / by Marius Olivier; title: The Social Protection Floors Recommendation 2012 (No 202): the human rights approach to social security in ILO wrapping paper / by Gijsbert Vonk; title: The still complex relationship between the ILO and the EU: the example of anti-discrimination law / by Achim Seifert; title: Co-ordination of social security schemes: the case of SADC / by Ockert Dupper & Marius Olivier; title: The challenge of regional social security co-ordination: the case of the Ibero-American Multilateral Agreement / by Pablo Arellano Ortiz; title: Social security, gender and legal plurality: challenges to harmonisation in SADC / by Ngeyi Ruth Kanyongolo; title: The failure of the Minimum Age Convention to eradicate child labour in developing countries, with particular reference to SADC / by Karin Calitz; title: Children's rights and child labour from a global, African and SADC law perspective / by Oliver C. Ruppel; title: EU health and safety law: improving standards for young workers / by Natalie van der Waarden; title: Retirement reform in South Africa: the influence of international social security standards and human rights instruments / by Kitty Malherbe; title: Protective or disruptive social security? Burial societies in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe / by Gift Dafuleya; title: The role of international and regional standards in the development of an appropriate rehabilitation, reintegration and return-to-work policy framework in South Africa / by Avinash Govindjee, Marius Olivier, Mathias Nyenti; title: Labour standards & foreign direct investment in SADC: a case study of Malawi / by Rumbani Jere; title: Social assistance and the right to social security: the case of Zimbabwe / by Edwin Kaseke; title: Pre-dismissal procedures in terms of ILO Convention 158: South African and comparative perspectives / by Paul Andries Smit; title: Reforming the South African social security adjudication system: the role and impact of international and regional standards / by Mathias Nyenti, Marius Olivier; title: Avinash Govindjee; title: Learnerships and internships: relations of employment or learning? / by Sylvia Hammond, Paul Bown, Keith Cattell, Evance Kalula.