Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Denmark (Ratification: 1970)

The Committee notes the allegations made by the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) in the context of a complaint on violation of freedom of association (Case No. 1641).

This case concerns alleged interference with the contents of conditions of work contained in collective agreements through the enactment of legislation amending the Consolidated Act on Job Offers for Unemployed Persons. In several communications under this complaint, most recently on 24 February 1993, the workers' organization has referred to Convention No. 122, and in particular to its Article 1, paragraph 3, according to which the employment policy shall take due account of the mutual relationships between employment objectives and other economic and social objectives; it stresses that the promotion of employment by a programme of assistance to the unemployed may not be interpreted as allowing other ILO Conventions to be undercut.

The Committee notes that the Government's report this year on the application of the Convention deals extensively with programmes provided for under the Act mentioned in the complaint. As the Government has not yet had time to respond to the latest communication from this workers' organization, the Committee proposes to defer the examination of specific questions until it examines the Government's report at its next session.