A PLEA FOR DIGNITY AT THE WORKPLACE: FROM THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANISATION'S ASPIRATIONS TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN DOMESTIC LAW
A PLEA FOR DIGNITY AT THE WORKPLACE: FROM THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANISATION'S ASPIRATIONS TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN DOMESTIC LAW

Summary/Abstract: Recognition and promotion of human dignity as benchmarks in the standards of work have been, since the establishment of the International Labor Organization (ILO), essential values. The Philadelphia Declaration [1] - as the soft law document to which the whole axiology of the operation of ILO refers - establishes, at the beginning, the fundamental principle according to which work is not a commodity. The narrative that derives from this principle is of humanistic origin. Social developments since the adoption of the Philadelphia Declaration (changing political regimes in Eastern European countries, economic recessions,) are factors of pressure on interpersonal relations, thus the labor market being particularly affected. Under the given conditions, the care for the individual was reconfigured by the ILO normative, the protection of human dignity reaffirming itself as a central issue, together with all the elements adjacent to it - discrimination and/or harassment at work. In our paper, we will present some peculiar rules adopted by the ILO in the field of protecting human dignity at the workplace, highlighting the conceptual framework and the principles related to these regulations. In subsidiary, we will consider how national legislation has responded to the ILO's regulatory model.

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