Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s first report.

Article 4 of the Convention. Measures to encourage and promote the development of voluntary negotiation between employers’ and workers’ organizations. In its previous comments, the Committee had taken note of the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on Freedom of Association in Cases Nos. 2140 and 2225 and had noted in particular that the current legislative framework prevented the registration of employers’ and workers’ organizations at the level of the Republic as a whole, thus preventing them from engaging in collective bargaining at that level. The Committee had requested the Government to indicate measures taken or contemplated in order to encourage and promote collective bargaining. The Committee regrets that the Government’s report does not contain any information in this respect. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate in its next report any measures taken or contemplated in order to encourage and promote the full development and utilization of machinery for voluntary negotiation between employers’ and workers’ organizations, including at the level of the Republic as a whole.

The Committee is addressing a request on certain other points directly to the Government.