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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Libya (Ratification: 2000)

Legislative issues. The Committee recalls that its previous comments referred to the need to amend a number of provisions of Act No. 23 of 1998 on trade unions in order to comply with the Convention. The Committee takes note of the report received in August 2014 whereby the Government indicates that priority is given to the drafting of new labour legislation and that, to this end, the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation has organized workshops, in which the views and opinions of law professors, experts, trade unions and employers, as well as the Committee’s previous comments and the observations of the Arab Labour Organization, were taken into account to formulate two draft texts: a new labour code and a law on trade unions. The Committee notes that the draft texts have since been transmitted to the Office for technical comments and advice. The Committee hopes that the Government will benefit from the technical assistance it requested from the Office, and that it will be in a position to report shortly on the adoption of a new labour code and a new law on trade unions that fully comply with the Convention.