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

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Djibouti (Ratification: 1978)

Article 4 of the Convention. Development of machinery for voluntary negotiation of collective agreements. The Committee notes the information that the draft decree on the conditions for the organization and operation of the National Joint Committee on Collective Agreements and Wages, provided for in section 282 of the Labour Code, will shortly be submitted to the National Council for Labour, Employment and Social Security (CONTESS), and that the Government will report its adoption. The Committee requests the Government to send a copy of the decree as soon as it has been adopted and to provide information in its next report on the activities undertaken by the National Joint Committee on Collective Agreements and Wages.

The Committee notes the information that the CONTESS, established by Decree No. 2012-273/PR/MTRA of 30 December 2012, is a tripartite body which currently plays a major role in collective bargaining procedures, particularly at a time when all collective agreements and enterprise agreements are being renegotiated following the adoption of the 2006 Labour Code. The Committee requests the Government to send a copy of the Decree of 2012 to establish CONTESS, and to provide information in its next report on the latter’s activities relating to the negotiation of collective agreements.