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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Aruba

The Committee notes the Government's report and the information supplied in reply to its previous observation. It notes that the reorganization of the Department of Labour should be completed by the end of 1997. It also notes that the ILO Matters Tripartite Committee, instituted in 1991, met several times in 1995 and the first quarter of 1997 to discuss matters including those set out in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee hopes that in future such consultations will be held on all the matters set out in this Article and that the Government will not fail to mention them in its future reports. In this respect, the Committee has been informed of the declarations by the Netherlands that ILO Conventions Nos. 129 and 141 cease to be applicable to Aruba. It requests the Government to indicate whether the representative organizations of employers and workers were consulted on these denunciations and whether discussions were held on this matter in the Tripartite Committee. If so, please supply complete information on these consultations.

The Committee notes the Government's desire to produce an annual report on the operation of the procedures set out in the Convention and requests it to indicate whether the representative organizations have been consulted in accordance with Article 6. It hopes that such a report will be produced shortly and requests the Government to send a copy of it to the ILO.