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

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Panama (Ratification: 1966)
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 - Panama (Ratification: 2016)

Freedom of workers in the service of the State to leave their employment

The Committee asked the Government to provide the text of the rules applying to career servicemen, concerning their freedom to leave their employment, in peace time, on their own initiative.

The Committee notes that, by virtue of Cabinet Decree No. 38 of 10 February 1990, the "Public Force of the State of Panama" has been established to replace the national army, and that it is in the process of being organised.

The Committee notes that the provisions of the Administrative Code, Book II, Title VI, Chapter V, sections 807 to 823 applying to public employees, currently apply to the employees of the above Public Force. The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of the whole of Book II of the Administrative Code so that it can ascertain the meaning of "compulsory office" ("destino obligatorio") (sections 811 and 816) and/or office subject to "compulsory acceptance" ("de forzosa aceptación") (section 817).