Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Suriname (Ratification: 1996)

Article 4 of the Convention. Right to collective bargaining. The Committee had previously noted the Government’s indication that a new law on collective bargaining was being drafted with the aim of updating the existing Collective Bargaining Agreements Act, in order to further implement relevant ILO instruments, including the Convention, as well as the Caribbean Community Model Law on the Recognition, Status and Registration of Trade Unions. The Committee notes that the Government informs that the new law was submitted to the Council of Ministers in August 2013 and is awaiting its approval to be submitted to the National Assembly. The Committee hopes that the Government will soon be able to report progress on this legislative process and requests it to inform on any developments and to send a copy of the law once adopted.