Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Gabon (Ratification: 1988)

The Committee notes with concern that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Effective tripartite consultations. Article 5(1) of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide its comments in respect of the observations made by the Trade Union Congress of Gabon (CSG), received in 2015, concerning the organization of occupational elections. The Committee further requested the Government to provide information concerning tripartite consultations carried out on all matters related to international labour standards as required under Article 5(1)(a)–(e)of the Convention, and to indicate the nature of any reports or recommendations issued. In its response, the Government indicates that it did not receive the observations of the CSG and is therefore not in a position to respond. Nevertheless, the Government states that the organization of occupational elections is regulated by the Labour Code (Law No. 3/94 of 21 November 1994). The Government adds that the new draft Labour Code elaborated by a tripartite committee under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour was presented to the Ministry on 6 July 2018, but that due to the failure of the workers to reach agreement on the participation of their representatives, consultations on the revised draft Labour Code were postponed. The Government reports that the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142), the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), the Home Work Convention, 1996 (No. 177), the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 (No. 179), the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), the Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 (No. 184), and the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), are still under consideration with the competent authorities.The Committee reiterates its request that the Government communicate updated information on the tripartite consultations held on all matters related to international labour standards covered by the Convention, including questions arising out of reports on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)) and the re-examination of unratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(c)). The Committee also requests the Government to provide information concerning the frequency of such consultations, as well as with regard to the nature and outcome of the consultations held.