The “provision of an adequate living wage”,11 and the subsequent “provision of a minimum living wage”,12 was the base for determining criteria for a minimum wage at national level, namely “the needs of workers and their families, the general level of wages in the country, the cost of living, social security benefits, and the relative living standards of other social groups as well as economic fact. [...] The regulation of the hours of work, including the maximum hours of work a day, was included as a strong mandate of the ILO from the very beginning and needs to be applied to workers in informal employment.. [...] The inclusion of the occupational health and safety conventions C155 and C187 in the core labour conventions (see above and footnote 5) in 2022, underlines the importance of occupational health and safety for ALL workers, including those in informal employment. [...] In addition, the convention concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work C190, the accompanying Recommendation 206, and Recommendation 204 give guidance to governments on how to include workers in informal employment in this regard and need to be implemented. [...] An additional pathway to provide for labour protections for workers in informal employment is the implementation of the 2022 ILC conclusions on the social and solidarity economy (SSE)17 and the implementation of the Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No.
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