Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Russian Federation (Ratification: 2014)

The Committee notes the Government’s first report and the observations submitted by the Confederation of Labour of Russia (KTR) received on 31 August 2016 to which the Government replied on 9 November 2016.

Article 4(2) of the Convention. Training. The Committee takes note of the Government’s first report on the Convention, which does not contain information on whether arrangements have been made for the financing of any necessary training of participants in the consultative procedures. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken or envisaged to give effect to this provision of the Convention.

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. In its report, the Government indicates that the Federal Act No. 92-FZ, of 1 May 1999 established a Tripartite Commission on Social and Labour Relations composed of representatives of the Government, employers and workers. The Government indicates that the Tripartite Commission ensures consultations with respect to the matters set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention. The main tasks of the Commission include studying international best practices, participating in actions taken by relevant foreign organizations in the field of social and professional relations and social partnership, and conducting consultations with the ratification and application of international labour standards. The Government reports that the Tripartite Commission and its working groups hold consultations on each of the matters set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention. The social partners, jointly with the Government, draw up and approve unified plans every six months. In its observations, the KTR expresses regret that some of the issues addressed to the Government by the Committee on Freedom of Association and the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations have not been brought up at sessions of the Tripartite Commission. In this regard, the KTR expressly refers to the recommendations of the Committee on Freedom of Association following Cases Nos 2199 and 2758, and indicates that consideration of these issues has been placed on the Tripartite Commission’s agenda for 2016. The Government specifies that matters set out in sections (a), (c) and (d) are discussed at least once a year, while those set out in sections (b) and (e) are discussed whenever necessary. In its 2000 General Survey, Tripartite Consultation, paragraph 120, the Committee recalls that “the purpose of the wording “at least once a year” in respect of consultation is to ensure against the possibility that no consultations are held for years at a time. In practice, the frequency of consultations is determined by their subject matter. For example, while the submission of new instruments to the competent authorities requires annual consultations, it is clearly not the same in the case of proposals for the denunciation of ratified Conventions”. The Committee invites the Government to provide further information on the content and outcome of the consultations held on each of the matters concerning Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee further invites the Government to fix by agreement the intervals for holding consultations, which should be held at least once a year on the matters set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention.