Section 98C: Functions of Council

98C. Functions of Council (1) The Council shall, at the request of the Minister or on its own initiative, make recommendations to the Government on issues relating, inter alia, to – (a) standards, principles, policies and programmes in labour, industrial relations and health and safety issues, including the review of the operation and enforcement of the labour legislation; (b) international relations with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC); (c) the administration of issues concerning items on the agenda of international labour conferences and regarding the examination of issues pertaining to ratified or unratified labour conventions and recommendations; 826 Acts 2019 (d) social and economic policies in the light of changes in the world of work; (e) employment policies and job creation; (f) skills training and upgrading for greater employability; (g) productivity, competitiveness and efficiency at the workplace; (h) decent work at the workplace and the evaluation and monitoring of the ILO Decent Work Country Programme. (2) The Council shall, in the discharge of its functions – (a) collect and analyse data and information on wages and related matters; (b) conduct research on labour market and socio-economic issues for policy formulation.