Common use of Social aspects Clause in Contracts

Social aspects. 1. The Contracting Parties recognise the importance of considering the effects of this Agreement on labour, employment and working conditions. The Parties agree to cooperate on labour matters within the scope of this Agreement, inter alia in relation to impacts on employment, fundamental rights at work, working conditions, social protection and social dialogue. 2. The Contracting Parties shall through their laws, regulations and practices promote high levels of protection in the labour and social domain of the civil aviation sector. 3. The Contracting Parties recognise the importance of the benefits that arise when the significant economic gains from open and competitive markets are combined with high labour standards for workers. The Contracting Parties shall implement this Agreement in a manner that contributes to high labour standards and to ensure that the rights and principles contained in their respective laws and regulations are not undermined but effectively enforced. 4. The Contracting Parties reaffirm their commitment, in accordance with their obligations deriving from the membership of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 86th Session in 1998, to respect, promote and effectively implement and apply the Fundamental Rights and Principles at Work. 5. Each Contracting Party will make continued and sustained efforts towards ratifying, to the extent it has not yet done so, the fundamental ILO conventions.