Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 2000, Publicación: 89ª reunión CIT (2001)

Convenio sobre las relaciones de trabajo en la administración pública, 1978 (núm. 151) - Uruguay (Ratificación : 1989)

The Committee notes the Government’s report.

The Committee regrets that the Government’s report does not refer to the following matters, which were raised in its previous observations.

1.  The Committee had requested the Government to examine the possibility of modifying the composition of the Permanent Industrial Relations Committee (which has five members: two representatives of the executive, appointed by the Ministry of the Economy and Finance and by the Planning and Budget Office; two designated by the most representative organizations of public servants; and the Minister of Labour and Social Security), which appears to be unsatisfactory due to an imbalance between the representatives of the authorities and of the most representative trade union organizations.

2.  The Committee had also referred to the competence of the Permanent Industrial Relations Committee which, in accordance with section 739 of Act No. 16736, includes "advising on conditions of employment and other matters covered by international labour Conventions". However, in practice the above Committee only discharges mediation functions which, in the opinion of the Committee of Experts, is unsatisfactory.

3.  In view of the Government’s previous indication that major collective agreements had been concluded in some state bodies, the Committee had requested the Government to provide information on the machinery whereby representatives of public employees may take part in determining the terms and conditions of employment of public employees, as well as on the contents, territorial scope and the categories covered by the collective agreements concluded within the context of the public administration during the period covered by the report.

The Committee requests that the Government provide information in its next report on all these matters.

4.  Finally, the Committee notes that the PIT-CNT has forward observations on the application of the Convention in communications dated 30 December 1999 and 25 January 2000. The Committee requests the Government to forward its comments in this respect.