Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2023, publiée 112ème session CIT (2024)

Convention (n° 11) sur le droit d'association (agriculture), 1921 - Iles Cook (Ratification: 2015)

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The Committee previously requested the Government to indicate whether self-employed workers enjoy the rights of association and combination under the Convention and to indicate the relevant legislative provisions and if there were none to consider amending the law with a view to allowing “all those engaged in agriculture” the full exercise of freedom of association. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that there is currently no legislation that expressly indicates that self-employed workers (farmers working on their own or within their family) have rights of association and combination under the Convention. The Committee notes that while in the Government’s view, the Employment Relations Act (ERA) is in conformity with the Convention, as it secures the rights of association and combination to employees generally, including in the agricultural sector, it expresses its intention to consider an amendment to the ERA. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on all developments in this regard.