Rather than present the findings as a list, this summary report is presented against the Right to Work framework developed by the Human Rights Commission to analyse employment-related human rights. The inner circle adopts an employment cycle approach, moving from pre-work situations such as protection from unemployment contained in Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, through pathways to work. It then moves to the multiplicity and complexity of on-the-job issues that affect employers and employees while at work. Finally, exiting the labour market, either temporarily or permanently, is another major transition point in the employment cycle. The major critical issues from the wide range of issues and insights detailed in the regional reports have been selected by the Commission and presented against the Right to Work framework.
In the next section of the report, issues that relate to Protection from Unemployment are outlined. The challenges and opportunities relating to how people access employment are then discussed in Pathways to Work. The myriad of on-the-job issues that arose in the regions are debated next, followed by a section on older-worker issues in Transition from the Labour Market.
Right to Work framework
