Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Republic of Korea (Ratification: 1999)

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee welcomes the information provided by the Government regarding the tripartite consultations held in the International Labour Policy Council in 2016, 2017 and 2018 to discuss matters related to international labour standards. It notes that the Council met in May and September 2016 and discussed key items on the agenda of the 105th International Labour Conference (ILC), of the 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting and of the 328th Session of the ILO Governing Body as well as plans for tripartite delegations’ activities. The Government also indicates that the Council met in May and June 2017 and discussed key agenda items of the 106th ILC, plans for tripartite delegations’ activities and also conducted an assessment of the 107th ILC. Although the Committee notes that the Council discussed the possible ratification of ILO Conventions, it notes that the Government does not specify the Conventions discussed. The Government also indicates that the Council held a meeting in May 2018 in relation to key agenda items of the 107th ILC and plans for tripartite delegations’ activities. The Committee notes that when submitting reports under articles 19 and 22 of the ILO Constitution, the Government sends its observations to workers’ and employers’ groups and requests their observations, which it includes in the reports and submits them to the ILO. It also notes that the Government has gathered feedback from tripartite groups on the abrogation of Conventions and withdrawal of Recommendations, which was an item on the agenda for the 106th and the 107th ILC. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the activities of the International Labour Policy Council on the matters covered by the Convention. It also requests the Government to include in its next report detailed information about the outcome of the consultations held on each of the matters listed in Article 5(1) of the Convention.