9. 10. The aim of the exercise is to show the degree of actual satisfaction of the rights, duties, and freedoms of the Charter; the reporting obligation therefore extends to the practices of the courts and administrative organs of the State Party, and other relevant facts. The report is to be sent with copies of principal legislative and other texts mentioned in it. II. GENERAL GUIDELINES REGARDING THE FORM AND CONTENTS OF REPORTS ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS 1. As under civil and political rights it is suggested that the reports under economic and social rights should be of two types: Initial Reports and Subsequent Periodic Reports. The rights, duties and fundamental freedoms to be reported on should include the following: the right to work, just and favourable conditions of work; right to form and belong to free and independent trade unions, right to social security and social insurance; right to protection of family; right to highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; right to education; right to compulsory primary education; right to economic development; right to equal pay for equal work; etc. Initial Reports 2. Governments should describe the basic conditions prevailing in their countries as well as the basic programmes and institutions relevant to the right dealt with. Especially on the subject of economic development, the programmes directed at economic advancement should be stressed with regard to conditions and institutions envisaged or already developed. The Right to Work – Article 15 3. 4. 5. Principal laws, administrative regulations, collective agreements and court decisions designed to promote and safeguard the right to work. Employment – provide information on: (a) The right of everyone to gain his living by work he freely chooses, with freedom from compulsion in the choice of employment and absence of discrimination in access to work; (b) Policies and techniques to achieve steady economic and social development and full productive employment while safeguarding fundamental political and economic freedom of individuals; (c) Measures ensuring the best possible organisation of employment market with reference to manpower planning procedures, collection and analysis of employment statistics and the organisation of an employment service; (d) Technical and vocational guidance and training programmes; (e) Protection against arbitrary termination of employment; (f) Protection against unemployment. Statistical and other available information on the level of employment and extent of unemployment and underemployment in the country; difficulties affecting the degree of realisation of the right to work and progress achieved. Right to Just and Favourable Conditions of Work – Article 15 6. Remuneration (a) Principal laws, administrative regulations, collective agreements and court decisions designed to promote and safeguard the right to fair remuneration; (b) Principal methods used for fixing wages (minimum wagefixing machinery, collective bargaining, statutory regulations, etc) in the various sectors, and numbers of workers involved, information on the categories and numbers of workers for whom wages are not set by such methods; (c) Information on components of workers’ remuneration other than wages, such as bonuses, temporary cost of living differentials, etc; 4