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

Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1977)

The Committee notes the Government's report. The Committee recalls that the Inter-Confederal Committee of Costa Rica (CICC) submitted comments in respect of the restricted number of union representatives benefiting from employment protection under section 367 of the Labour Code (one leader for the first 20 union members and one for each subsequent 25 workers, to a maximum of four). The Committee noted the effectively restricted number of protected union representatives in its earlier comment, and considered that the protection should be extended to a greater number of representatives; otherwise to guarantee protection generally for all workers, including their representatives, against anti-union discrimination (as in the recent Bill put before the Legislative Assembly). The Committee notes from its report that the Government is envisaging including this possibility within the framework of national collaboration, and hopes that its next report will contain information on all developments in this respect.