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

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

The Committee notes the Government's report.

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee has commented in its previous observations, for a number of years, on the need to include in the national legislation an explicit provision protecting workers' organizations against any act of interference by employers. The Committee notes that the Trade Union and Labour Relations Bill, which contained provisions to this effect, had met with a strong opposition of workers' organizations. It further notes that, as a result, the Government decided to come forward with additional legislation, that it has secured the assistance of the ILO in this regard, and that full consideration will be given to bring the legislation in line with Article 2 of the Convention.

The Committee once more expresses the firm hope that measures will be taken 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, and vice versa, accompanied by effective and sufficiently dissuasive sanctions. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on any developments in the matter.