Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Mauritius (Ratification: 1969)

The Committee notes the Government's report and the observations made by the Mauritius Employers' Federation denying the existence of problems in the country related to the application of the Convention.

Article 2 of the Convention. With reference to its previous comments on the need to include in the national legislation an explicit provision protecting workers' organizations against any act of interference by employers, the Committee noted in its previous report that the Government was preparing a Trade Union and Labour Relations Bill which contained provisions to this effect. In this respect, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report that consultations are still being held with employers' and workers' organizations to reach consensus on the provisions of the Bill.

The Committee recalls that it has been requesting the Government for many years to take the necessary measures to bring its legislation into conformity with the Convention and expresses the firm hope that measures will be taken, either by means of the above Bill or any other means, to adopt specific legal provisions in the near future to guarantee effective protection against acts of interference by employers and their organizations in the activities of workers' organizations, accompanied by effective and sufficiently dissuasive sanctions. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on any measure adopted in this respect.