Measures to Counter Workplace Abuse in Developing Countries

Table of Contents

Laws and Regulations
The Role of Western Countries
International Companies
Social Reforms
Work Cited

Laws and Regulations

One of the main steps necessary for eradicating the problem of violence in the workplace in developing countries is the adoption of laws protecting workers rights and their health and safety. They must also introduce severe punishments for employers and perpetrators who will decide to hurt workers both physically and psychologically; this will ensure that workplaces will become less dangerous and abusive. Moreover, developing countries can introduce special guidelines and frameworks for employers which would require them to build safe facilities, guarantee workers their right to hours of rest, and implement a strict code of employee relations.

The Role of Western Countries

Western democracies, as the worlds most advanced economies and proponents of human rights, have to influence political leaders and officials of developing countries to grant freedoms to their citizens, particularly in the area of labor. Workers have to receive a right to form trade unions and collectively bargain for an increase in their wages, demand eradication of abuse targeted against them, and safer working conditions (Public Services International). Countries such s the U.S. have to assist developing nations in implementing all the necessary legislation to achieve it and share their experience with the protection of labor rights.

International Companies

International companies have to introduce the same working conditions to their factories in developing nations as the ones adopted in their home countries. Governments of the companies home countries can work together with political leaders from the developing ones to control this process.

Developing countries have to make considerable investments in safety nets for workers left without jobs. This will help poor people escape an abusive workplace environment and ensure better social mobility of citizens. State-provided insurance for the most vulnerable segments of society also can help resolve the issue of workplace abuse.