Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Iceland (Ratification: 1981)

1. Article 5, paragraph 1(b), of the Convention. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. Submission to Parliament. The Committee notes the indications provided by the Government in relation to the matters raised in its 2006 observation on the obligation to submit the instruments adopted by the Conference to Parliament. It notes with interest that the Government has decided that a submission to Parliament will be preceded by effective consultations on the proposed instruments.

2. Article 5, paragraph 1(c). Consultations on unratified Conventions and Recommendations. The Committee further notes the detailed information on the tripartite consultations held on the prospect of ratification of the labour inspection Conventions (Conventions Nos 81 and 129) and the Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158). With regard to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), the Icelandic ILO Committee is examining the reply given by the Office in March 2007 in response to a request for clarification. With regard to Convention No. 158, the Ministry for Social Affairs requested the Institute for Gender Equality and Labour Law of the Bifrost University to draft guidelines concerning the termination of employment in light of the spirit of Convention No. 158. The draft will be put on the agenda of the Icelandic ILO Committee for discussion. The Committee notes with interest the information provided and commends the approach of the Government and the social partners in providing that effective tripartite consultation be held on the measures that might be taken to promote the implementation and ratification, as appropriate, of Conventions and Recommendations.