Sisyphus at Work:On the Efforts to Achieve a Fair,Internationally Recognised Labour,and Social Order

Work, in all its manifestations and with its very different returns, is an indispensable featureof human existence. Consequently, labour policy and social policy are concerned with shapingthe immediate conditions of everyday life. The composite term "labour and social standards"indicates that the way in which people work and earn their living has always been theexpression of a specific, but changeable, social order. In local or national contexts social relationsare governed by specific regulations based on legal norms but also on local customs andhabits, traditions and cultures which may possibly contradict the legal norms....