Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) - Australia (Ratification: 1974)

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period up to June 1997 and requests it to provide additional information on the following points:

Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Recalling that the purpose of this Article is, as far as possible, to assure for dockworkers permanent or regular employment and, in any case, minimum periods of employment or a minimum income, in a manner and to an extent depending on the economic and social situation of the country and port concerned, the Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on conditions of employment for dockworkers recruited on a casual basis and specifically on any means deployed to assure workers in this category minimum periods of employment or a minimum income, in accordance with this provision.

Articles 3 and 4. Noting the Government's reply with regard to these Articles of the Convention, the Committee requests it to describe in detail the measures envisaged for preventing or minimizing the detrimental effects on dockworkers of any necessary reductions in the strength of a register. The Government is also asked to indicate the criteria and procedures laid down for the implementation of these measures, as requested in the report form for Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Convention.