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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Indonesia (Ratification: 1990)

1. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. In its 2005 observation, the Committee requested information on the activities in relation to the matters covered by the Convention of the Tripartite Cooperation Institution (LKS), established based on Government Regulation No. 8 of 2 March 2005 and other tripartite bodies. In its reply, received in August 2007, the Government indicates that Government Regulation No. 8/2005 established the minimum requirements for membership of the LKS. The Government indicates, however, that the composition of the tripartite body has proved difficult to constitute, as obstacles are faced in finding workers’ representatives to participate in the national tripartite consultative body, which were eligible, further to the requirements established by the aforementioned regulation. In this light, the Government indicates that it has set up a new provisional tripartite consultative body which functions as a normal institution but has had limited discussions.

2. The Committee understands that the LKS has not been functioning efficiently and the new ad hoc tripartite body has been established in January 2007 in order to review Government Regulation No. 8 of 2005. The Committee hopes that the Government and the social partners will make appropriate arrangements to ensure “effective consultations” between social partners on the matters covered by the Convention (Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention) to the satisfaction of all the parties concerned. It refers to its previous comments and asks the Government to provide more specific and detailed information on the measures taken to ensure effective tripartite consultations on international labour standards, including further information on the consultations held on international labour standards during the period covered by the next report, specifying their subject and frequency and the nature of reports or recommendations resulting from such consultations.