Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Philippines (Ratification: 1991)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. The Committee notes the communication of the Public Services Labour Independent Confederation (PSLINK) forwarded to the Government in October 2008. PSLINK indicates that there is no genuine mechanism for tripartite consultations in the Philippines, as the Government determines the most representative workers’ organizations through appointments made by the Executive. PSLINK also raises concerns over the exclusion of matters relating to public sector workers from the tripartite consultative process. The Committee invites the Government to include, in its next report, its observations on the matters raised by PSLINK. It also refers to its 2006 direct request and hopes that the report will also contain information on any consultations held between the Government and social partners on the denunciation of the Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 89), and the prospect of ratifying the Night Work Convention, 1990 (No. 171), as well as on the other matters covered by Article 5, paragraph 1, of Convention No. 144.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2009.]