Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Kuwait (Ratification: 2000)

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Government indicates in its report that the composition of the Consultative Committee for Labour Affairs has been modified based on Order No. 119 of 2014. The Government adds that the meeting of the Consultative Committee was attended by the social partners which discussed administrative decisions in line with granting and transferring work permits. With regard to Article 5(1) of the Convention, the Government indicates that correspondence was the manner in which consultations were conducted between the social partners. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information about how correspondence enables effective consultations, as required by the Convention. Please also provide information on the outcome of the tripartite consultations held on the matters relating to international labour standards covered by the Convention, such as the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations.