Southern African Development Community
ARTICLE 10
DECENT WORK FOR ALL
Member States shall put measures in place to ensure full implementation of regional
and international obligations, also in terms of the SADC Decent Work Programme,
relating to the pillars of decent work for all in the Region, including:
(a)
Employment creation and enterprise development;
(b)
Social protection extension;
(c)
standards and rights at work; and
(d)
good governance and social dialogue.
ARTICLE 11
SOCIAL PROTECTION
1.
State Parties shall, with due regard to the means available, ensure that:
(a)
every worker in the Region and his or her dependants shall have a right to
adequate social protection and shall, regardless of status and the kind of
employment of the worker, enjoy adequate social security benefits; and
(b)
persons who are unable to enter or re-enter the labour market and have
no means of subsistence shaH be entitled to receive sufficient resources
and social assistance.
2.
Every State Party shall establish, maintain and progressively raise its system of
social security to a level consistent with international and regional instruments, by
ratifying and implementing ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention
1952 (No. 102) and implementing the ILO National Floors of Social Protection
Recommendation 2012 (No. 202).
3.
Each State Party shall aim at developing an integrated and comprehensive social
protection system which:
(a)
ensures meaningful coverage of everyone under the system, in terms of
among others social insurance schemes and social assistance measures;
(b)
protects against special and collective risks, including political conflict and
natural disasters;
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