Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - China - Macau Special Administrative Region (Ratification: 1999)

Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Government indicates that the Standing Committee for the Coordination of Social Affairs (CPCS) undertook consultations in 2014 and 2016 on the matters referred to in Article 5(1) of the Convention. The Committee notes that the consultations included the reports submitted for the period 2013–15 by the Macao Special Administrative Region under article 22 of the ILO Constitution, proposals for the denunciation of ratified Conventions, and matters regarding the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), the Forced Labour (Supplementary Measures) Recommendation, 2014 (No. 203), and the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87). The Government further indicates that, during the relevant period, the CPCS has convened meetings to discuss labour policies and draft legislation, including in relation to a bill amending the Labour Relations Law No. 7/2008. The Government nevertheless indicates in its report that the relevant representative workers’ organizations made observations pointing out that measures were needed to ensure the full functioning of the CPCS to promote harmonious labour relations. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the functioning of the Coordination of Social Affairs (CPCS) and the manner in which it ensures effective consultations as required by the Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to continue to provide information on the content and outcome of the consultations held on each of the matters concerning international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention.