Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Zimbabwe (Ratification: 1989)

Strengthening social dialogue. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in September 2014 indicating that it regularly consults the social partners on all matters of international labour standards listed in Article 5(1) of the Convention. In its 2010 observation, the Committee noted that the Government intended to prepare a bill to legislate the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF). The Government indicates that the process of the development of the TNF Bill could not be finalized during the tenure of the previous Government. Accordingly, the social partners are discussing the principles for the TNF legislation for consideration by the new Government. The Committee requests the Government to provide details on the progress made to institutionalize the TNF and on its activities on matters concerning international labour standards.

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Government indicates that tripartite consultations were held in anticipation of submitting reports to the ILO in relation to the standard-setting items on the agenda of the 103rd Session (2014) of the Conference (namely on supplementing the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), as well as on facilitating transitions from the informal to the formal economy). A preparatory meeting was held in May 2014, before the 103rd Session of the Conference, to consult the social partners on the agenda items of the Conference. The Government further indicates that it invited the social partners to submit their observations on the application of the ratified Conventions due for reporting to the Committee in 2014. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the content and outcome of the consultations held on the matters concerning international labour standards covered by the Convention, including consultations on the re-examination of unratified Conventions, such as the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), a governance Convention (Article 5(1)(c)).