Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

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

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes that the Government indicates in its report received in May 2014 that the tripartite consultations required by the Convention continue to be undertaken by means of written communications to the social partners. It also indicates that there have been meetings of sectoral committees, set up in accordance with the Basic Act on Citizens’ Participation, in which tripartite dialogue on issues related to labour policy is conducted. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the tripartite consultations held in relation to each of the matters relating to international labour standards covered in Article 5(1) of the Convention. The Government is also requested to indicate the frequency of such consultations and any recommendations made by the social partners as a result of them.