Legal Criteria to Safeguard Labor Outside the System

Abstract

Informal laboris an important sector in the economic system, especially in developing countries, because it is a mechanism that creates large number of employment.  However, most informal labor earns low wages and does not obtain stability or security in employment.This causes a situation of poverty.  It is important, therefore, for the government to protect informal labor through legal measures using various formats.

According tothe study ofexisting legislationfor informal labor protection and relevant researches concerning informal labor during 2003–2016,the results showed that even the government enactedlaws to protect informal labor in 3groups; namely agricultural labor, houseworklabor and labor working at their home,it was insufficient to protect them becausetheexisting laws were unable to seriously correct the problems of informal labor.  As well, there were many groups of informal labor that existed with no legal safeguards.Examples of these includedlabor in service facilities, part-time employment and independent works.Each of these groups had unique problems and needed different laws to protect them.

This research suggeststhat the legislation oninformal labor protection should stress the problems of instability in employment,lack of a stable income, lack of opportunity in career development, lack of safety, lack of training opportunities for new knowledge and lack of legal agencies representing informal labor.  Therefore the government must safeguard informal labor through legislation in accordance with the existing problems and provide them opportunities to access the social security system with the same rights as formal labor.