Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee takes note of the Government's report.

1. Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee observes that the new Labour Code stipulates that collective agreements, concluded at a higher level than at the enterprise, will be executed between relevant authorities, trade unions and employers' organizations. The Committee recalls that, in line with the Convention's focus on free and voluntary collective bargaining, collective agreements are reached between a workers' organization and an employer or an employers' organization. Therefore, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the reasons for the participation of the authorities in the conclusion of collective agreements and to supply further information on the application in practice of the current bargaining system.

2. The Committee takes notes of the adoption in June 1998 of the Law on Settlement of Collective Labour Disputes and requests the Government to supply a copy, if possible, in one of the working languages of the ILO.