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

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Guyana (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report does not contain a reply to its previous comments concerning the functions of the tripartite Committee chaired by the Minister of Labour, made in 2007 and repeated in 2009, 2010 and 2011. It is therefore bound to repeat its previous comments which read as follows:

Repetition

Article 5. Functions of the tripartite Committee. In the Committee’s previous request, the Government was asked to indicate the functions of the tripartite committee chaired by the Minister of Labour, as well as those of the six subcommittees to which it referred in its 1999 report. The Government states in reply that this question was dealt with comprehensively under the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144). While the Committee has not found the information requested in the Government’s report, it wishes nevertheless to emphasize that the tripartite consultations referred to in that instrument are distinguished clearly by virtue of their purpose – activities of the International Labour Organization – from the tripartite consultations referred to in Article 5 of this Convention, which concern the various areas of national labour policy. The Committee therefore once again requests the Government to indicate the functions of the tripartite committee chaired by the Minister of Labour, as well as those of the subcommittees referred to in its report received in 1999, and to report to the Office any other arrangements made, at the national, regional and local levels, to ensure the consultation, cooperation and negotiation provided for by Article 5. It would be grateful if the Government would also provide copies of any reports or extracts of reports relating to the work of these various tripartite bodies, their purpose and their results.

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

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the near future and reminds the Government that it may avail itself of ILO technical assistance, if it so wishes.