ТРЕХСТОРОННЯЯ ДЕКЛАРАЦИЯ ПРИНЦИПОВ, КАСАЮЩИХСЯ МНОГОНАЦИОНАЛЬНЫХ КОРПОРАЦИЙ И СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ. Декларация. Международная организация труда. 16.11.77

Security of employment

     24. Governments    should   carefully   study   the   impact   of
multinational  enterprises  on  employment  in  different   industrial
sectors. Governments, as well as multinational enterprises themselves,
in all countries should  take  suitable  measures  to  deal  with  the
employment   and   labour   market   impacts   of  the  operations  of
multinational enterprises.
     25. Multinational  enterprises equally with national enterprises,
through active manpower planning,  should endeavour to provide  stable
employment  for  their  employees and should observe freely negotiated
obligations concerning employment stability and  social  security.  In
view of the flexibility which multinational enterprises may have, they
should strive to assume  a  leading  role  in  promoting  security  of
employment,  particularly  in  countries  where the discontinuation of
operations is likely to accentuate long-term unemployment.
     26. In   considering   changes  in  operations  (including  those
resulting from mergers,  take-overs or transfers of production)  which
would have major employment effects,  multinational enterprises should
provide  reasonable  notice  of  such  changes  to   the   appropriate
government  authorities  and  representatives  of the workers in their
employment and their organizations so that  the  implications  may  be
examined  jointly in order to mitigate adverse effects to the greatest
possible extent.  This is particularly important in the  case  of  the
closure of an entity involving collective lay-offs or dismissals.
     27. Arbitrary dismissal procedures should be avoided <6>.
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     <6> Recommendation (No. 119) concerning Termination of Employment
at the Initiative of the Employer.

     28. Governments,  in  cooperation  with  multinational as well as
national enterprises,  should provide some form of  income  protection
for workers whose employment has been terminated <7>.
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     <7> ibid.