Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Cyprus (Ratification: 1977)

Article 5(1) of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee welcomes the information provided by the Government on the tripartite consultations held on the matters relative to international labour standards under Article 5(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Convention. With regard to Article 5(1)(a), the Committee notes that the following questionnaires were communicated to the most representative workers’ and employers’ organizations: (i) “Abrogation of eight international labour Conventions and withdrawal of nine international labour Conventions and 11 international labour Recommendations” (109th Session of the Conference); (ii) “Withdrawal of one international labour Convention” (110th Session of the Conference); (iii) “A framework for quality apprenticeships” (110th Session of the Conference); and (iv) “Abrogation of one international labour Convention and withdrawal of four international labour Conventions, one Protocol and 18 international labour Recommendations” (111th Session of the Conference). It notes that these organizations expressed their agreement with the abrogation and withdrawal of the instruments and had no comments regarding the questionnaire concerning a framework for quality apprenticeships. With regard to Article 5(1)(b) and (c), the Committee notes that the most representative organizations of employers and workers were consulted on the examination of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) and the Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019 (No. 206). It notes with interest that, following tripartite consultations, and relevant discussions within the European Union, a drafting group has been appointed to draft the national legislation with a view to ratifying Convention No. 190. The Committee further notes that the consultations were held with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerning the examination of the inclusion of safe and healthy working conditions in the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work (110th Session of the Conference), and that the Government will consult these organizations about the Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Recommendation, 2023 (No. 207) and the possibility of ratifying the Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Convention, 2023 (No. 191), which were adopted by the Conference at its 111th Session. Lastly, the Committee notes that the consultations were also held with these organizations concerning the examination of the Quality Apprenticeships Recommendation, 2023 (No. 208) and that further consultations in this regard will be held in due course. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide detailed information on the content, frequency and outcome of the tripartite consultations held on each of the matters covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention. Furthermore, it requests the Government to keep it informed of any developments regarding the ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) and the Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Convention, 2023 (No. 191).