Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Nepal (Ratification: 1995)

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2013 which includes information on the various tripartite committees established, such as the tripartite Employment Policy Formulation Steering Committee and the National Labour Relations Improvement Committee. With regard to the consultations required by the Convention, the Government indicates that formal and informal mechanisms have been developed to steer the system of tripartite consultations. The Committee also notes that the Ministry of Labour and Employment called a meeting with employers and trade unions for the discussion of the agenda of the International Labour Conference in 2013 (Article 5(1)(a) of the Convention). Moreover, the 2012 report on the application of the Convention was communicated to the social partners and suggestions from the organizations have been incorporated in the report (Article 5(1)(d)). The Government further indicates that no submission was made to the Parliament of Nepal pursuant to article 19 of the ILO Constitution and no consultations were held in the reporting period on the ratification and implementation of unratified Conventions. The Committee invites the Government to continue to report on the measures taken to promote tripartite consultations on international labour standards, as required by the Convention. In particular, the Committee invites the Government and the social partners to examine measures to be taken to hold “effective consultations” on the proposals made to Parliament when submitting the instruments adopted by the Conference (Article 5(1)(b) of the Convention). It also invites the Government to provide information in its next report on the consultations held on the re-examination of unratified Conventions and Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given, to consider what measures might be taken to promote their implementation and ratification, as appropriate (Article 5(1)(c)).