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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Greece (Ratification: 1981)

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending 30 June 1995. It notes that, as announced in a previous report, Presidential Decree No. 296 of 1991 on the procedure for the promotion of the application of international labour standards, has been amended by Order No. 88 of this year.

The Committee also notes that the tripartite consultation body has recommenced its work with its new composition and that the first meeting examined the issue of the ratification of the Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154). It would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report the outcome of these consultations, which related to the matters referred to in Article 5, paragraph 1(c) of the Convention. It also requests the Government to provide particulars in each of its future reports on the consultations held on each of the matters set out in Article 5, paragraph 1, including information as to the frequency of such consultations, with an indication of the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations.

The Committee also reminds the Government that, in accordance with Article 6, the representative organizations should be consulted on the need to issue an annual report on the working of the procedures provided for in the Convention. It requests the Government to provide information in its next report on the effect given to the provisions of this Article of the Convention.