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Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) - Russian Federation (RATIFICATION: 2004)

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Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. Policy to encourage permanent or regular employment. Registers. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2012 in which it indicates that dockworkers are provided with regular employment. The Government further indicates that employment services organized in accordance with the Act on Employment of the Population maintain registers for all categories of workers, including dockworkers. Employment agencies are established in individual ports and persons are hired to work in the port exclusively through a given agency. The Government adds that a dockworker placed through an employment agency is guaranteed work corresponding to his or her qualifications. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on its national policy to encourage all concerned to provide regular employment to dockworkers. It also invites the Government to provide further information on the manner in which the employment agencies operate and maintain registers for all occupational categories of dockworkers. The Committee would also welcome information on the manner in which registered dockworkers are assured priority of engagement for dock work and are required to make themselves available for work. Please also provide information on the numbers of dockworkers and variations in their numbers during the period covered by the next report (Part V of the report form).
Article 5. Cooperation between employers’ and workers’ organizations. In its report, the Government states that no information was available on the cooperation between employers’ and workers’ organizations in improving the efficiency of work in ports. As required by the Convention, the Committee invites the Government to describe the arrangements for cooperation between employers’ and workers’ organizations in improving the efficiency of work in ports, and the participation, if any, of the competent authorities in these arrangements.
Article 6. Vocational training. The Committee notes the list provided in the Government’s report of rules and regulations regarding occupational safety and health and vocational training. The Committee invites the Government to provide specific information on the manner in which vocational training provisions apply to dockworkers.
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