Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Singapore (Ratification: 1965)

Legislative developments. The Committee takes note of the Government’s indication that the Industrial Relations Act (IRA), which provides for the regulation of the relations of employers and employees and the prevention and settlement of trade disputes by collective bargaining, conciliation, arbitration and tripartite mediation of individual disputes, was amended in 2015. The Committee notes that, as a result of the amendment, rank-and-file trade unions are now allowed to represent the executive employees on a collective basis. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the practical impact that this amendment has had on the application of the Convention and in the conclusion of collective agreements.

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the number of collective agreements in force, the sectors concerned and the percentage of workers covered.