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

Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158) - Papua New Guinea (Ratification: 2000)

The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2011 indicating that the Industrial Relations Bill has received legal clearance from the Office of the State Solicitor and is now in its passage through the National Executive Council and the Parliament for promulgation. It further indicates that, with the assistance of the ILO Pacific Office, progress is being made in the review of the Employment Act with the first round of consultations scheduled to begin in October 2011 and continuing through 2012. The Committee reiterates its previous comments and invites the Government to report on the enactment of the new Industrial Relations Act in order to ensure the full and effective application of each provision of the Convention. As soon as the new legislation is enacted, please provide a copy of its text to the ILO.

[The Government is invited to reply in detail to the present comments in 2013.]