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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Lao People's Democratic Republic (Ratification: 2010)

Article 5(1) of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee recalls that the National Tripartite Consultation Committee on Labour Relations (NTCC) was established in November 2010 to discuss matters related to international labour standards covered by the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to describe the manner in which representatives of employers and workers for the purposes of the Convention are selected, and to indicate the measures taken to ensure their representation on an equal footing on any bodies through which tripartite consultations are undertaken (Article 3). The Government indicates in its report that the NTCC includes representatives from the Department of Labour Management (Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare), the Lao Federation of Trade Unions and the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Government adds that employers’ and workers’ representatives both have an equal number of representatives on the NTCC. The Committee notes from the report that during the reporting period the NTCC examined the following points: the agenda of the 104th Session of the International Labour Conference; the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204); issues pertaining to the submission of instruments adopted by the Conference to the competent national authorities; proposals to ratify or denounce Conventions; and other labour-related matters. It further notes that the Government is attempting to improve the functioning of the NTCC by expanding its role to include discussions on skills development, social security and labour relations. The Committee requests the Government to provide more detailed information on the specific content, for instance indicating the instruments examined with a view to ratification, and the outcome of tripartite consultations held on each of the matters related to international labour standards listed in Article 5(1) of the Convention. It also requests the Government to describe any arrangements made for the financing of any necessary training of the participants on the consultative procedures (Article 4(2)).