Inadequate employment 16 th ICLS (October 1998)

1. Inadequate employment16th ICLS (October 1998) • Situations in the workplace that reduce the capacities and well-being of workers as compared to an alternative employment situation • Employed persons who want to change their current work situation, or make changes to their work activities or environment for specific reasons

2. Inadequate employment • Mismatch of occupational skills • Low pay • Excessive hours of work • Precarious job • Inadequate tools, equipment or training • Inadequate social services • Difficult travel to work • Inconvenient work schedule • Recurring work stoppages • Prolonged non-payment ofwages or long overdue payments from customers

3. Eleven indicators of decent work 1. Low hourly pay 2. Excessive hours of work 3. Hazardous occupation 4. Short expected job tenure 5. Lack of representation at work 6. Informal employment 7. Old-age without pension 8. Adult uninsured unemployment 9. Youth unemployment 10. Children not at school 11. Employment of women (20-49 yrs old) with children under compulsory school age

4. ILO “Decent Work Friendly” Pilot LFSPhilippines, Laguna Province, May 2004 • Sample size 932 hlds • Pop (15 yrs +) 3’146 • Labour force 2’062 65.5 % • Employed 1’718 54.6 % • Unemployed 344 16.7 % • Employed seek or want change in work situation 678 39.5 %

7. Table 2b Hourly pay distribution (Time-rated wage and salary workers in main job) % 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 150-300 90-150 300+ 15-30 60-90 30-45 45-60 <15 Hourly pay in Pesos

9. Table 3e Hierarchical pattern of employees’ social benefits (Total number of employees = 996) Contract (written-oral) No Yes No Social security contribution 512 No Yes No Paid sick leave 195 No Yes No Paid annual leave 153 No Yes No 124 12

10. Decent work balance sheet