Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Ratification: 1977)

Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes the Government’s detailed report for the period ending May 2006 and the comments by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). The TUC welcomes the effective tripartite consultation about the Labour Maritime Convention, 2006, and the additional meetings on the Conference agenda on the items on fishing, safety and health and the employment relationship. The TUC indicates that face-to-face tripartite consultation on most ILO matters is restricted primarily to the main meetings before the sessions of the Conference and the Governing Body. Consultation about the application of ratified Conventions in the United Kingdom, with the exception of Convention No. 182, remains restricted primarily to making the Government’s article 22 reports available to the social partners for their comments. The Committee observes the TUC’s concerns on the late delivery of reports, which prevents it from commenting on them in good time. The Committee refers once again to its previous comments, and in particular to its 2002 observation, and invites the Government and the social partners to address the concerns of all participants in the operation of the procedures required to ensure effective consultations within the meaning of the Convention. It hopes that the Government and the social partners will re-examine the manner in which the Convention is being applied with a view to ensuring that all stakeholders have taken appropriate measures to achieve the satisfactory application of the Convention.