A Comparative Study of Occupational Safety and Health Policy-Making through Social Dialogue: The United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and South Korea

• Main Authors: Shu-Ling Chien, 簡淑鈴
• Other Authors: Chi-Feng Hsu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42631680732486134460

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 勞工關係學系暨研究所 === 101 === Occupational safety and health (OSH) issues in the International Labour Organization (ILO) revealed “Decent Work” agenda proposed are all mentioned in the four aspects: rights of work, employment, social protection, and social dialogue. And it is one of the important issues in this agenda. In the“ Occupational Safety and Health Convention,” “fundamental principles of occupational health and safety,” “Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, No. 187,”and “Global strategy for occupational safety and health” ILO emphasized the importance of the social dialogue in occupational safety and health policy-making. After collecting and organizing relevant literature, this study has found: First, in the United Kingdom, where company level bargaining is the predominate form of collective bargaining, social dialogue takes place at the company level. Public consultation has been part of the policy-making process. Social partners take bilateral talks to participate in OSH policy-making. Second, in Germany social dialogue takes place at industry level, reflecting the nature of collective bargaining in that country. Occupational safety and health is a dual system .Social partners participate in it to let social dialogue take effect. Third, in Japan social dialogue is mainly formed by employer, employee, and public interest representatives, who compose the Labor Policy Council. It is the major role of making policies. Fourth, in Korea the representatives from labor, management, and government compose the Economic and Social Development Commission and engagement in the process of social dialogue. They sign national agreements in the end. Generally speaking, social dialogue is the tool of public policy-making, whether it is system demand, or balance among stakeholders, or governing elite's preferences. The policy-making processes aim to complete the goal of occupational safety and health policy. However, how to take appropriate actions and what will happen then, those are this study trying to find out.