Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

The Committee notes the Government's report and the information contained therein in reply to its previous direct request. It also notes the comments of the Lanka Jathika Estate Workers' Union and of the Employers' Federation of Ceylon, as well as the Government's reply. The Committee notes the information that both the National Labour Advisory Council and the National Tripartite Committee on International Labour Standards guarantee effective consultation within the meaning of Article 2 of the Convention, and provide the forums for certain consultations on the questions enumerated in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. However, the Government supplies no details of these consultations. Moreover, both the Employers' Federation of Ceylon and the Government indicate that the consultations are normally effected via written communications. The Committee requests the Government to supply more precise and detailed information in its forthcoming reports on the aims and frequency of the consultations which it claims to hold regularly both within the bodies cited above and via written communications, and hopes that it will be able to report in particular on consultations on submission to the competent authorities of Conventions and Recommendations (Article 5(1)(b)). The Committee also notes the Government's intention to produce an annual report on the working of the consultation procedures in conformity with Article 6 of the Convention. The Government is requested to supply a copy of the report, when available.