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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Chad (Ratification: 1961)

The Committee notes the Government's reports.

The Committee regrets that the draft Labour Code prepared in 1988 with ILO assistance has still not entered into force. It notes, however, the Government's statement that adoption of the draft Labour Code is imminent and is included in the priorities of the ministry responsible for labour and that, meanwhile, it does not intend to enact any legislation which would be contrary to the Convention.

The Committee recalls again the need to amend section 119 of the Labour Code which empowers the administration to intervene in the collective bargaining process, and sections 121 and 122 of the Labour Code concerning prior authorization for the entry into force of a collective agreement, in order to bring the legislation into conformity with Article 4 of the Convention.

The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures in the near future to amend its legislation in order to bring it into conformity with the Convention, to inform it in its next report of the progress made in the adoption of the new Labour Code and to send it a copy as soon as it has been adopted.