Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Belarus (Ratification: 1956)

The Committee notes the detailed information supplied by the Government in its report and the coming into force of the Act of 22 April 1992 respecting trade unions, the Act of 24 November 1992 on collective agreements and accords and the Act of 15 December 1992 to amend the Labour Code.

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes that national legislation contains several provisions intended to protect workers against acts of anti-union discrimination (sections 4 and 20 of the Act respecting trade unions and section 61 of the Labour Code) as well as to protect workers' organizations against acts of interference (section 19 of the Act respecting trade unions and section 230 of the Labour Code).

However, it recalls that the effectiveness of such provisions depends to a large extent on the way in which these provisions are applied in practice and on the compensation and sanctions which are envisaged. Legal standards are inadequate if they are not combined with effective and expeditious procedures.

The Committee requests the Government to state in its next report whether the national legislation provides for sanctions in the event of violations of the above sections of the Act respecting trade unions and the Labour Code and, if so, to describe their contents.