Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

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

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report received in November 2012. The Government reports that work has been completed on a draft National Tripartite Council Bill which was circulated to the social partners for their review and comments in October 2012, and that responses received from the social partners will be forwarded to the Committee. The Government anticipates that the Bill will be tabled in Parliament before the end of 2012. The Committee notes with interest that some of the functions of the National Tripartite Council will include to review, advise and consult with the Government on items on the agenda of the International Labour Conference. Furthermore, the Government reports that during the meetings held to review the National Tripartite Council Bill, the social partners continued ongoing discussions on the implementation of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), with a view to having it incorporated in national law. The Committee invites the Government to include in its next report further information on legislative developments aimed at promoting tripartism. It also invites the Government to provide in its next report detailed information on the content and outcome of the consultations held on each of the matters set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention.