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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Kazakhstan (Ratification: 2001)

The Committee notes the Government’s report.

New Labour Code. The Committee notes the adoption, in May 2007, of the Labour Code which seems to regulate the issues previously raised by the Committee. The Committee will examine the conformity of the new Code with the Convention next year, once its translation becomes available.

Comments of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The Committee regrets that the Government provides no reply to the previous comments of the ITUC, alleging violations of trade union rights in practice, in particular interference by employers in trade unions’ internal affairs and activities, and refusals to bargain collectively. The Committee requests the Government to institute an independent investigation into these allegations and to keep it informed in this respect.