Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2015, publiée 105ème session CIT (2016)

Convention (n° 150) sur l'administration du travail, 1978 - Venezuela (République bolivarienne du) (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee takes note of the observations of the Confederation of Workers of Venezuela (CTV) received on 1 September 2015, alleging non observance of the provisions of Articles 2, 4 and 5 of the Convention, with regard to the participation by employers’ and workers’ organizations in the formulation of major labour policies to be implemented by the bodies of the labour administration, and non-compliance with Article 7, concerning the improvement of the working conditions of workers who are employed in the informal sector.

The Committee also notes the observations of the National Union of Workers of Venezuela (UNETE) received on 2 October 2015. The Committee requests the Government to send its comments on the observations of the CTV and the UNETE.

Article 3. Activities in the field of the national labour policy regulated through negotiations. The Committee notes that, in its report, the Government indicates that all the activities in the field of the national labour policy that are regulated through negotiation with employers’ and workers’ organizations are contained in collective agreements. The Committee requests the Government to specify the aspects of the national labour policy that are deemed to be among the matters that are regulated by direct negotiations between employers’ and workers’ organizations.

Article 4. Organization and effective operation of the labour administration system. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government to the effect that the adoption in 2012 of the Basic Act on Labour and Men and Women Workers meant reforming the ministry responsible for labour and social security, the name of which has become the Ministry of People’s Power for the Social Process of Labour (MPPPST). The Committee requests the Government to specify the consequences of this reform in light of the objective pursued by the Convention.

Application in practice. The Committee requests the Government to provide extracts from reports and other periodical information pertaining to the principal services of labour administration.