Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Liberia (Ratification: 1962)

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Comments from workers’ organizations. The Committee notes the comments submitted by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), contained in a communication dated 31 July 2012, on matters that have been raised in previous observations.

Legislative issues. The Committee recalls that it has been making comments for many years on the need to adopt legal provisions guaranteeing:

-adequate protection against anti-union discrimination at the time of recruitment and during the employment relationship, accompanied by sufficiently effective and dissuasive sanctions;
-adequate protection for workers’ organizations against acts of interference by employers and their organizations, including sufficiently effective and dissuasive sanctions; and
-the right to collective bargaining to employees in state-owned enterprises and public servants who are not public officials engaged in the administration of the State.

The Committee recalls that, in its previous observations, it noted the Government’s indication that a new Labour Code – entitled the Decent Work Bill – was being finalized and expressed the hope that this text would take into full consideration the comments it had been making for many years. The Committee notes that, in its report, the Government states that: (1) the Decent Work Bill takes into account all the issues raised by the Committee and the reform process is almost completed; (2) steps are being taken to submit the Bill to the 53rd National Legislature; and (3) the legislation guaranteeing the right to collective bargaining to public servants and employees in state-owned enterprises (Ordinance on the public service) is currently under revision, with the technical assistance of the Office. The Committee hopes that the Decent Work Bill will be adopted in the near future and that it will take account of the comments it has been making for many years. The Committee hopes that the Government will continue to avail itself of the Office’s technical assistance in this respect. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on any developments in the legislative process and to provide a copy of the text once adopted.