GB.346/INS/2/Decision

Decision concerning the agenda of future sessions of the International Labour Conference

Record of decisions | 10 November 2022

The Governing Body:

(a) decided to place an item on the consolidation of instruments on chemical hazards for standard-setting on the basis of a double discussion either on the agenda of the 114th (2026) and 115th (2027) Sessions or the 115th (2027) and 116th (2028) Sessions of the Conference, to be determined by the Governing Body at its 347th Session (March 2023); 

(b)  decided to place on the agenda of the 113th Session (2025) of the Conference an item on decent work in the platform economy and requested the Office to present to the 347th Session (March 2023) of the Governing Body a normative gap analysis to inform its decision-making on the nature of the item to be placed on the agenda of the Conference in 2025 and, as appropriate, in 2026; 

(c)  decided to place on the agenda of the 118th Session (2030) of the Conference an item on the abrogation of the Sickness Insurance (Industry) Convention, 1927 (No. 24) and the Sickness Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1927 (No. 25), and withdrawal of the Sickness Insurance Recommendation, 1927 (No. 29 ); 

(d) decided to place on the agenda of the 121st Session (2033) of the Conference an item on the abrogation of the Workmen’s Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17), the Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925 (No. 18) and the Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934 (No. 42) and  withdrawal of the Workmen’s Compensation (Minimum Scale) Recommendation (No. 22), the Workmen’s Compensation (Jurisdiction) Recommendation, 1925 (No. 23) and the Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Recommendation, 1925 (No. 24); 

(e) requested the Office to take into account the guidance provided in preparing a document concerning a possible evaluation of the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2008), as amended in 2022, for the 347th Session (March 2023) of the Governing Body; 

(f) requested the Office to present to the 347th Session (March 2023) of the Governing Body a proposal for an item on innovative approaches to tackling informality and promoting transitions towards formality to promote decent work, to be placed on the agenda of the 113th (2025) or 114th (2026) Session of the Conference for general discussion; 

(g)  requested the Office to take into account the guidance provided in preparing proposals for a tripartite technical meeting on access to labour justice and a meeting of experts on protection of workers’ personal data in the digital era for a decision by the Governing Body in 2023; and 

(h) requested the Office to take into account the guidance provided in preparing the document concerning the agenda of future sessions of the Conference for the 347th Session (March 2023) of the Governing Body.

(GB.346/INS/2, paragraph 44, as amended by the Governing Body)