Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Ghana (Ratification: 1986)

Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes the information provided. It requests more detailed information on the following points:

Article 5 of the Convention. Please describe the roles played by the various consultative bodies, such as the National Advisory Committee on Labour, the National Tripartite Committee on Salaries and Wages Guidelines and the labour boards and advisory boards.

Article 6(2)(a), (c) and (d). Please provide additional information on how coordination of policy and implementation is effected between the different ministries in charge of national employment policy, and how the necessary services and technical advice are made available to employers and workers.

Article 7(b), (c) and (d). The Committee has noted the information provided concerning the work of the Department of Cooperatives and difficulties met with. Please supply additional information in this regard and on any efforts to extend labour administration functions (i.e. pertaining to employment, labour relations, labour standards, etc.) to the informal sector and the traditional sector.

Article 9. Please provide additional detailed information on how the Ministry of Mobilization and Social Welfare ascertains whether regional and local agencies which have been delegated labour administration functions are operating in accordance with national law and regulations and adhering to the objectives assigned to them.