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Overview
The right to work is a fundamental human right that is universally recognized as an inherent part of human dignity for persons of all ages and essential for the realization of other human rights. It is clear under various human rights standards that steps need to be taken by States and businesses to promote and protect core labor rights such as the right to work, the right to choose employment, the right to just and favorable conditions of work (including the prohibition of forced and child labor), the right to freedom from discrimination, the right to equal pay for equal work, the right to a "living wage," the right to form and join trade unions ("freedom of association"), the right to limited working hours and paid holidays, the rights to maternity leave, and equal rights between genders with respect to promotions and other conditions of work (e.g., pay). Business leaders are also realizing that sweeping political, economic, social, and technological changes around the world are demanding new solutions to address issues that have long engaged human rights activists such as income inequality, wages, diversity, and the role of businesses in society.
Older persons are entitled to all of the recognized civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to work, since such rights are universal and thus belong to all human beings. There is now a substantial body of international standards and principles relating to the human rights of older persons including international instruments, general comments and recommendations by UN Treaty Bodies and ILO, UN policy instruments, UN resolutions and UN reports from the Secretary-General, Independent Experts and the OHCHR. However, studies of the implementation and impact of broad initiatives have concluded that their goals have largely failed to be met and that little progress has been made in the development of national plans on aging and older persons continued to face challenges that undermined their social, economic and cultural participation including income security and access to labor markets and social protection. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has noted that older workers are often devalued by prospective employers as being unproductive, slower and more prone to disease, unfit to learn and a burden to highly technological work environments. In addition, while employers have been increasing their focus on diversity, equity and inclusion in their workforce, only a small percentage of them have explicitly included age in their recruiting strategies. Older persons also face challenges in launching their own productive activities due to the denial of reasonable access to necessary resources such as loans, insurance, land or rent on the basis of age. Older persons faced with barriers to accessing work and productive resources are at higher risk of economic insecurity and are often forced to endure extreme poverty.
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940165508776 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Older Persons' Rights Project |
| Publication date: | 02/20/2022 |
| Sold by: | Draft2Digital |
| Format: | eBook |
| Sales rank: | 761,100 |
| File size: | 233 KB |
About the Author
This book was written by Alan S. Gutterman, whose prolific output of practical guidance for legal and financial professionals, entrepreneurs and investors has made him one of the best-selling individual authors in the global legal publishing marketplace. His cornerstone work, Business Transactions Solution, is an online-only product available and featured on Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw, the world’s largest legal content platform, which includes almost 200 book-length modules covering the entire lifecycle of a business. Alan has also authored or edited over 100 books on sustainable entrepreneurship, leadership and management, business transactions, international business and technology management for a number of publishers including Thomson Reuters, Practical Law, Kluwer, Oxford, Quorum, ABA Press, Aspen, Euromoney, Business Expert Press, Harvard Business Publishing and BNA. Alan has extensive experience as a partner and senior counsel with internationally recognized law firms counseling small and large business enterprises in the areas of general corporate and securities matters, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, international law and transactions and strategic business alliances, and has also held senior management positions with several technology-based businesses including service as the chief legal officer of a leading international distributor of IT products headquartered in Silicon Valley and as the chief operating officer of an emerging broadband media company. He has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, including Berkeley Law, Santa Clara University and the University of San Francisco, teaching classes on corporate finance, venture capital and law and economic development, He has also launched and oversees projects relating to sustainable entrepreneurship and civil and human rights of older persons. He received his A.B., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and a Ph. D. from the University of Cambridge. For more information about Alan and his activities, please contact him directly at alangutterman@gmail.com, follow him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alangutterman/) and visit his website at alangutterman.com.