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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Croatia (Ratification: 1991)

The Committee takes note of the comments of 10 August 2006 of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), referring amongst other things to issues of law and practice relating to the Convention which are already under examination. Furthermore, the ICFTU states that: (1) the law allows the substance of a collective agreement in the public sector to be modified for financial reasons and restricts the subjects that can be negotiated in this sector; and (2) the legal system is too slow and inefficient in dealing with cases of anti-union discrimination. The Committee requests the Government to send its observations on the ICFTU’s comments.

The Committee requests the Government, in the context of the regular reporting cycle, to send its comments for examination at the next session of the Committee, to be held in November-December 2007, on all the issues of law and practice regarding the Convention raised by the Committee in its observation of 2005 (see 2005 observation, 76th Session) which also refer to other comments of the ICFTU.