Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Ecuador (Ratification: 1979)

Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Strengthening social dialogue and tripartite consultation. The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending September 2009. The Government states that there have been written consultations. The Government sends copies of communications to production associations and trade union federations. In a communication sent by the ILO to the Government in September 2009, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) states that despite the great interest shown by Ecuadorian employers in strengthening relations and collaboration with the Government, real social dialogue and tripartite consultation as meant in the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144), and the Tripartite Consultation (Activities of the International Labour Organisation) Recommendation, 1976 (No. 152), do not exist. In particular, the IOE refers to the adoption in May 2008 of Constitutional Mandate No. 8, which led to the elimination of subcontracting, labour intermediation and hiring by the hour. The IOE states that the most representative organizations of employers expressed reservations about the adoption of these provisions, on the grounds that the decisions were taken directly and unilaterally without consideration of all the parties’ comments. In view of the issues raised by the IOE, the Committee invites the Government to provide information on the measures adopted to strengthen tripartism and social dialogue on the subjects covered by the Convention.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2010.]