6
ILC110/III/(B) – Securing decent work for nursing personnel and domestic workers, key actors in the care economy
Table of contents
2. Ensuring fair and transparent disciplinary procedures with the
participation of the nursing sector
(a) Complaints management systems
(b) Disciplinary rules and procedures
(c) Causes of disciplinary action and disciplinary outcomes
(d) Information concerning disciplinary procedures
3. Exemptions from the obligation to perform specific nursing services
for religious, moral or ethical reasons (conscience clauses)
(a) The right of nurses to exercise conscientious objection
and the right of patients to access healthcare
(b) Regulation of the right to exercise conscientious objection
146
146
Ethical dilemmas faced by nursing personnel during the COVID-19
pandemic and their consequences for the health and well-being of nurses
149
1. The ethics of allocating scarce health resources in an overloaded system
149
2. Ensuring the safety of nurses: An ethical obligation
(a) Circumstances surrounding decision-making
(b) The changing relationships of nursing personnel with patients
and families during the pandemic
151
153
(i) Obligations for those who wish to avail themselves of conscientious objection
(ii) Prohibitions against objecting under certain circumstances
III.
140
140
141
143
145
6. Employment and working conditions that attract persons
to the nursing profession and retain them in it
145
147
148
154
157
I.
Ensuring working conditions for nursing personnel
at least equivalent to those of other workers
158
II.
Remuneration
158
1. Determination of nurses’ remuneration
(a) Systems and methods
(b) Adequacy of remuneration
160
160
161
2. Comparing levels of remuneration
(a) Comparison with other professions requiring similar or equivalent
qualifications and carrying similar or equivalent responsibilities
(b) Comparable remuneration for nurses with similar or equivalent duties
and working in similar or equivalent conditions
162
3. Remuneration structures and scales
163
4. Composition of remuneration
(a) Financial compensation for nurses working in particularly arduous
or unpleasant conditions
(b) Financial compensation for exposure to special risks
(c) Other additional payments
165
5. Forms of payment and in-kind benefits
(a) Forms of payment
(b) In-kind benefits
167
167
167
6. Participation of workers’ and employers’ organizations
168
162
162
165
165
166
Housing167
Other in-kind benefits
168