Union follow up to Recommendation No Union follow up to Recommendation No. 202 concerning “National Social Protection Floors” adopted during the 101st session of the ILC

Comprehensive reference model for the ITUC Fight against inequality Floor - Fight against poverty

Universality as opposed to focalization National Social Protection Policy Objective of SPP: - Horizontal dimension of the Strategy for the Extension of Social Security - Universal coverage

Social Protection Floor initiative: objective Impact of Crisis Inequality Poverty Universality of Social Protection

UN Social Protection Floor Initiative Social Protection Floor: components from the perspective of the United Nations as a whole UN Social Protection Floor Initiative Services guarantee availability, continuity and geografic and financial access to essential services Water and sanitation; Foodstuffs and adequate nutrition: Health, education, housing, etc. Transfers guarantee a basic set of essential social transfers (monetary and in kind), and facilitate access to essential services Basic SS guarantees: - Child allowance - Incomes for active adult population - Old age and disability allowances - Essential health

The ITUC’s concern in discussions Extension of social protection to all men and women: Reference to freedom of association and collective bargaining “full respect for collective bargaining and freedom of association for all workers” (guiding principle) Focus on rights “Basic social security guarantees should be established by law” (point 7) Within the framework of a comprehensive social security system “social protection floors ... as part of comprehensive systems” (page 2) With a contributory financing scheme characterized by progressive contributions. “financial, fiscal and economic sustainability with due regard to social justice and equity” (point k) in the guiding principles) With a focus on the benefits and standards set out in Convention No. 102 as the minimum standard of social security. Convention referred to explicitly on three occasions in the text of the Recommendation

With the tripartite participation of social actors and social dialogue “... tripartite participation with representative organizations of employers and workers, as well as consultations with other relevant and representative organizations of persons concerned” ... (guiding principle) - ... 8.d) “in regard to the establishment and review of the levels of these guarantees, tripartite participation with representative organizations of employers and workers, as well as consultation with other relevant and representative organizations of persons concerned, should be ensured.” -… 13.1) “Members should formulate and implement national social security extension strategies, based on national consultations through effective social dialogue and social participation”. - ... 19. Members should monitor progress in implementing social protection floors and achieving other objectives of national social security extension strategies through appropriate nationally defined mechanisms, including tripartite participation with representative organizations of employers and workers, as well as consultation with other relevant and representative organizations of persons concerned ...”

Indirect insurance Exclusion Social security: model grounded in the “head of the household” and based on the labour market Sexual division of labour – family model Man as provider of economic income Labour market – “remuneration” Woman as provider of care Family – “non-remuneration” Contributory / Direct insurance Non-contributory / Indirect insurance Exclusion

Contributing factor: Gender gap Exclusion from contributory social protection Lower activity and occupation rates Higher unemployment Part-time and temporary work Horizontal and vertical labour market segregation Wage gap Informal economy and atypical jobs Family responsibilities: discontinuity in work history Exclusion from schemes: maternity Lower bases for contribution Lower densities of contribution Should this be a priority criterion for the social protection floor?

Social protection within the context of the United Nations System Rights Approach HR – ICESCR – CEDAW Social Protection (Strategic axis of Decent Work) Ensure income and access to health Reduce inequaity and injustice Establish adequate benefits with recognized rights Fair distribution within the globalized economy Element in overcoming economic crises ILS– C102 – C183 - C156 – C100 – C111 SDGs, 2015 Declaration on Social. Justice, 2008 Global Jobs Pact, 2009 SPFI 2009

Gender Equality: Cross-cutting axis Achieve greater influence for the International Labour Standards Push forward the dialogue between the various sectors of society Promote in particular gendere quality Decent Work Labour principles and rights Employ-ment Social Protection Social dialogue Cross-Cutting Axes Cross-Cutting Axe Strategic axes

Caring for Persons: At the heart of the SPF Minimum income security, active adult population Access to essential services: health, education, housing, water and sanitation, foodstuffs and nutrition, life skills information. Minimum income security in childhood Income security in old age and for persons with disabilities. Essential medical care: basic health packages, with particular emphasis on protection of maternity Social Protection Floor Initiative Four basic social security guarantees Essential services Provision of care

Articulation of the Basic Guarantees with the Essential Services Minimum income security, active adult population Access to essential services: health, education, housing, water and sanitation, foodstuffs and nutrition, life skills information. Minimum income security in childhood Income security in old age and for persons with disabilities. Essential medical care: basic health packages, with particular emphasis on protection of maternity Social Protection Floor Initiative Four basic social security guarantees Essential services Provision of care Sectoral and social promotion policies: Educational policies Health policies Others: housing, water, equality, and PRS, etc. Active employment policies Policies for provision of care

Basic social security gurantee Minimum income guarantee Access to essential services, including care Access to the labour market Basic incomes for children Transfers in kind: food, housing, clothing… Education (0 to 15 years of age) Community and preventive health Child population cared for by public networks, to facilitate incorporation of women and men Interaction between transfers and essential services: coverage of needs for care Basic incomes for the adult population Monetary transfers Protection for maternity and paternity Active employment policies, sectoral housing policies Positive actions for incorporation of women Basic incomes for seniors and the disabled Monetary and in kind: food, housing, clothing… Daytime and night-time community services, and residential services, including community health care Elderly population, those with disabilities and dependents, cared for by public networks, to facilitate the incorporation of women and men Essential medical care Public Health Network (health system): inclusion of the contributory and non-contributory pillars, in order to ensure equality of citizenship in access to health services, addressing the differing health and epidemiological profiles of women and men