Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

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

Effective tripartite consultations. Questions arising out of article 22 reports. The Committee notes the replies to the 2010 observation submitted by the Government in the report received in August 2011. The Government indicates that in order to provide enough time to social partners to assess the reports on the application of ratified Conventions, all reports were prepared by the Government by 31 July 2011 and sent to the most representative organizations of workers and employers for consultation on 5 August 2011. Comments of the social partners were discussed at the tripartite meeting for the cooperation with the ILO of the Working Team of the Council and Economic and Social Agreement on 24 August 2011. A period of 12 working days was provided for report assessment. The Committee notes with satisfaction the efforts in implementing measures to achieve the best possible procedures in promoting effective consultations required by the Convention. It invites the Government to continue to report on measures taken to promote tripartite consultations on international labour standards and on any follow-up to recommendations derived from such consultations.

Re-examination of unratified Conventions. Following its previous comments, the Committee notes with interest that the ratification of the last governance Conventions – the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), and the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) – was registered in March 2011. The Committee notes that the issue of ratifying the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151), and the Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154), was discussed in two meetings in 2011. The tripartite meetings did not reach an agreement. The Government expresses its intention to use the reporting obligations pursuant to article 19 of the ILO Constitution as a suitable opportunity to gain practical experience from other ILO Members, as well as to obtain opinions from the supervisory bodies. The Government adds that the issue of ratifying Conventions Nos 151 and 154 should be included in the agenda of the Working Team of the CESA at a later stage. The Committee would welcome the Government to include information in its next report on Convention No. 144 on any other consultations held to re-examine the prospects of ratification of unratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(c) of the Convention).