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

Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) - Poland (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee notes the observations received on 31 August 2014 from the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarnosc”, as well as the Government’s comments thereon.

Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention. Facilities; dispute settlement procedures. Following the adoption of the 2008 Civil Service Act, the Committee had requested the Government in its previous comment to indicate the manner in which the application of Article 6 concerning facilities to be granted to representatives of recognized public employees’ organizations and Article 8 concerning impartial machinery such as mediation, conciliation and arbitration to be established for the settlement of disputes in the public service, is ensured. The Committee also notes that the Government states that the ad hoc team for local government and civil service employees appointed within the Tripartite Commission for Social and Economic Affairs was disbanded in 2011, and that while it has not agreed on any position, it did serve as an important platform for vocalizing interests and mitigating disputes in the civil service corps. The Committee infers from the information provided by the Government as well as by the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarnosc” that the Civil Service Act does not regulate the above matters (facilities and dispute settlement procedures), and that the relevant provisions of the 1991 Act on trade unions, the 1991 Act on the resolution of collective labour disputes and the 1974 Labour Code as amended, remain generally applicable to the public service. The Committee requests the Government to confirm that the Committee’s understanding is correct.