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

Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) - Seychelles (Ratification: 1999)

Article 7 of the Convention. Negotiation of terms and conditions of employment. The Committee had previously requested the Government to indicate the number of trade unions of public employees existing in the country, the number of collective agreements concluded by them and the categories and the number of public employees covered by such agreements. The Committee notes the observations submitted by the Seychelles Federation of Workers Unions (SFWU) received on 20 October 2014. According to the SFWU, the Teachers Medical and other Public Service Employees Union (TMPU) has a recognition agreement with the public service to represent its members in the public sector, however no collective agreement has been concluded so far. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that it does not have any records of collective agreements concluded by the Public Service Trade Union and the categories of public servants covered by them. It further notes the Government’s indication that the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development is working in close collaboration with the SFWU to promote effective tripartism and social dialogue through the Seychelles Decent Work Country Programme (2011–15) and that the Ministry endeavours to ensure the involvement of the social partners in its activities on promotion of tripartism and to assist in the capacity building of its partners as well as to involve them in consultations on labour issues through the existing tripartite committees. The Committee recalls that measures appropriate to national conditions shall be taken, where necessary, to encourage and promote the full development and utilisation of machinery for negotiation of terms and conditions of employment between the public authorities concerned and public employees’ organizations. The Committee requests the Government to intensify its efforts in promoting collective bargaining as the main means of determining the terms and conditions of employment in the public service. It requests the Government to provide information on all measures taken in this regard.