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

Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) - Hungary (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee notes the observations of the workers’ side of the National ILO Council at its meeting of 3 September 2014 included in the Government's report, as well as the Government’s comments thereon.

Article 5 of the Convention. Promotion of collective bargaining. The Committee notes that, according to the workers’ side of the National ILO Council, in case of publicly owned employers, the scope of issues that may be regulated by collective agreement is restricted by law. It also notes the Government's indication that the purpose of the limitation introduced for publicly owned employers in respect of entering into a collective agreement is to promote efficient management of assets in public ownership, fulfilment of public functions, prevention of concluding abusive agreements and the protection of public interest; and that parties must therefore observe the peremptory provisions of the Labour Code while regulating working conditions by means of collective agreement. The Committee requests the Government to indicate which subject matters are excluded from the scope of collective bargaining in case of publicly owned employers, specifying the relevant legislative provisions so as to enable the Committee to assess their conformity with the Convention.