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

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

1. The Committee notes with regret that the Government has not provided any information on the application of the Convention since its first report received in July 2003. The Committee recalls the importance of regularly providing clear and up to date information so that it can assess the extent to which effect is given to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee trusts that the Government will very soon be in a position to provide a report containing clear and up to date information in response to its 2003 direct request, most notably with regard to the matters below.

2. Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Government previously indicated that the procedures through which effective consultations are ensured consist of written communications through the representative organizations of employers and workers. It further stated that copies of reports and questionnaires are forwarded to the respective organizations for their comments. The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether consultations took place with the representative organizations for the purpose of establishing effective tripartite consultation procedures within the meaning of the Convention.

3. Article 4, paragraph 2. Training. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the arrangements made or envisaged for the financing of any necessary training of participants in the consultative procedures.

4. Article 5, paragraph 1. Tripartite consultations required under the Convention. Please provide detailed information on the tripartite consultations held on each of the subjects listed in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, and indicate any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations. Please also include information on the frequency of such consultations and the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations.

5. Article 6. Working of the consultative procedures. The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether consultations have been held with the representative organizations on “the working of the procedures” and, if so, to give particulars of the decisions adopted. Please supply copies of reports issued as a result of the consultations.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2008.]