Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the Government’s report received on 21 September 2009 and the documentation attached. It also notes the observations by the representatives of seven confederations and workers’ organizations, the Indigenous and Rural Workers Trade Union Movement of Guatemala for the Defence of Workers’ Rights (MSICG) dated 28 August 2009, stating that the Government did not inform them of its report and that the application of the Convention is partial and outdated.

The Committee notes the indication by the MSICG that the Movement has called on the President of the Republic for the executive authorities, through the National Statistical Institute and with support from the Technical Institute for Training and Productivity (INTECAP) and the Agricultural Sciences and Technology Institute (ICTA), to produce statistics related to workers and employers on a biennial (semester) basis, as from October 2009; taking into consideration the latest ILO standards and workers’ recommendations. According to the MSICG, this process has not yet been implemented. The Committee requests the Government to transmit any comment it deems relevant with regard to the above.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.