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

Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) - Italy (Ratification: 1985)

Article 6 of the Convention. Facilities to be afforded to public employees’ organizations. The Committee notes the observations of the Italian Union of Labour (UIL) transmitted with the Government’s report concerning the impact of Legislative Decree No. 90/2014 on the representation of public sector workers, which reduces by half the various hour allowances available to union representatives. The Committee notes the Government’s reply in this regard emphasizing, firstly, the imperatives of balancing the budget for the 2014 reform and, secondly, the ample opportunities still in place for the organizations of public employees and their representatives.

Article 7. Procedures for determining terms and conditions of employment. Collective bargaining. The Committee also notes the joint observations of the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), the Italian Confederation of Workers’ Trade Unions (CISL) and the UIL, received on 11 and 15 October 2021 regarding the Convention, as well as the application in the public sector of the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98). The Committee notes in this regard that the union confederations: (i) express their agreement with the content of the reports presented by the Government concerning the application of the above Conventions; (ii) note the importance of the Agreement for innovation in public employment and social cohesion, signed by the Government and the trade union organizations on 10 March 2021; and (iii) emphasize that the collective bargaining system in the public sector is regularly threatened by legislative proposals intended to restrict the independence of the partners. While noting with interest the developed nature of the collective bargaining system in the public administration described by the Government, the Committee requests it to continue to provide information on this subject in the light of the above-mentioned observations of the trade union confederations.