Hemispheric Workshop “Enhancing Labor Law Compliance in the Americas”
General objective: Strengthen the capacities and increase knowledge of Ministries of Labor to improve compliance with labor laws by enhancing innovative labor inspection practices and a preventive approach to law enforcement.
Specific objectives:
- Identify, exchange, and analyze innovative labor inspection strategies, particularly those incorporating the use of new technologies in the planning, programming, and deployment of inspections.
- Exchange information regarding the types of new technologies utilized by Ministries of Labor to enhance labor inspection.
- Identify, exchange, and analyze strategies from Ministries of Labor to prevent non-compliance with labor laws, including awareness-raising, communication, and education strategies for workers and employers.
- Prepare recommendations to strengthen labor inspection and develop a preventive approach to law enforcement to support Ministries of Labor in enhancing compliance with labor laws.
The Organization of American States (OAS) in partnership with the United States Department of Labor (USDOL).
| Attachment | Size |
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 Outcomes and Recommendations from the Workshop | 474.59 KB |
| Workshop Agenda | 237.38 KB |
| List of Participants | 753.72 KB |
 Descriptive Document | 474.69 KB |
Registration and Participation
Representatives from Governments must send the registration form included in the Descriptive Document to the Technical Secretariat through their Permanent Mission to the OAS. The OAS, with resources from the RIAL and the Government of the United States, will be able to fund airfare and accommodation for some Directors of Labor Inspection or officers involved in labor law compliance efforts from some Ministries of Labor.
1st Session - Innovative technologies in labor inspection
Guiding questions for presentations and dialogue:
- What innovative practices and/or new technologies is your Ministry of Labor employing to improve the effectiveness of labor inspection in urban and rural areas? Please be as detailed as possible and share challenges and main results.
- Which elements of success or lessons learned can be drawn from the innovative practices outlined in question 1? What works and why?
2nd Session – Complementing labor inspection: a preventive approach to law enforcement
Guiding questions for presentations and dialogue:
- What strategies or initiatives is your institution developing to encourage compliance with labor laws? Please consider including awareness-raising, communication, and education strategies for workers and employers, among other.
- Which elements of success of lessons learned can be drawn from the strategies or initiatives outlined in question 3? What works and why?
3rd Session – Exercise in sub-groups
Sub-group exercise based on the following guiding question:
- What key lessons learned, and policy recommendations can be identified, based on the discussions during the Workshop, to: a) strengthen labor inspection, particularly with the use of new technologies, and b) develop a preventive approach to law enforcement?