Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Kuwait (Ratification: 2000)

1. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. In its report received in September 2004, the Government indicates that tripartite consultations were held to examine collective labour disputes, as well as within the framework of the revision of the Labour Code. The Government states that, with regard to the tripartite consultations required under Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the questionnaire on occupational safety and health, as well as the text of the Conventions and Recommendations adopted by the Conference in 2003, were transmitted to the social partners in order that they might formulate their comments. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the consultations held, especially within the Committee, which was established by virtue of Ministerial Decree No. 184 of 1999, on each of the issues listed under Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, during the period covered by the next report, specifying their aim, frequency and the nature of all reports or recommendations resulting from these consultations.

2. Operation of the consultative procedures. The Committee again requests the Government to indicate whether the representative organizations have been consulted with regard to the operation of the procedures set out in the Convention and, if need be, to inform it of their outcome. It recalls that Article 6 does not impose the presentation of an annual report, but requires that tripartite consultations be organized in order to determine whether there is a need to issue such a report or not. The 2000 General Survey specifies in this regard that the annual report could in particular include information on the make-up of consultative bodies, the number of meetings they held, the issues included on their agendas, the proposals made and the results obtained (paragraph 131).