Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Philippines (Ratification: 1953)

With reference to its previous comments concerning the need to encourage and promote collective bargaining in the public sector, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report according to which the draft Civil Service Code, which had reached the various legislative processes during the 12th Congress, had been adjourned by the Congress without being passed. The Civil Service Commission will now re-file the draft Code before the 13th Congress.

Recalling the importance of the development of collective bargaining in the public sector and the fact that the draft Civil Service Code was first filed before Congress over ten years ago, the Committee firmly hopes that the said legislation will be adopted in the near future. It further trusts that the said legislation will fully grant to public sector employees not engaged in the administration of the State the right to negotiate their terms and conditions of employment in accordance with Articles 4 and 6 of the Convention. It once again requests the Government to provide a copy of the draft Civil Service Code as soon as it is adopted.