Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) - Belize (Ratification: 1999)

The Committee notes with deep concern that the Government’s report, which has been expected since 2014, has not been received. In light of the urgent appeal made to the Government in 2020, the Committee is proceeding with the examination of the application of the Convention on the basis of information at its disposal. The Committee recalls that it raised questions concerning respect of the Convention in a direct request regarding, in particular: (i) the need to reform the legislation to ensure that certification of representative trade unions for the purposes of collective bargaining is based on objective and pre-established criteria; and (ii) the adoption of measures to promote collective bargaining in practice. In the absence of any observation from the social partners and having no indication at its disposal of progress on these pending questions, the Committee refers to its previous direct request, adopted in 2020, and urges the Government to provide a complete response as soon as possible. To that end, the Committee recalls that the Government may avail itself of the technical assistance of the ILO.

[The Government is asked to reply in full to the present comments in 2022.]