Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Sri Lanka (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee took note of the information supplied by the Government in its second and third reports. With reference to its previous direct request the Committee would be grateful if the Government would submit its observations in response to the comments made by the Lanka Jathika Estate Workers Union. Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to supply comments made by the Employers Federation of Ceylon and the Ceylon Workers Congress, mentioned in the first and third reports, together with its own response.

Finally, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply, in its next report, additional information on the following points:

Article 2 of the Convention. Please describe the manner in which the procedures undertaken within the tripartite consultative bodies ensure effective consultations with respect to the matters set out in Article 5, paragraph 1.

Article 5. Please specify the nature of any reports or recommendations resulting from the consultations held on each of the points set out in paragraph 1.

Article 6. The Committee notes that no annual report has been issued on the working of the procedures provided for in the Convention. Please specify whether consultations have been held with the representative organizations on this matter.