Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Poland (Ratification: 1993)

Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Tripartite consultations required under the Convention. In its reply received in August 2008 to the 2006 direct request, the Government indicates that, due to the political situation in Poland in August and September 2007, all the representative organizations with the exception of “Solidarnosc” suspended their participation in the work on the social agreement, which included a programme for the revision of Polish law and practice. However, during the meeting of the Tripartite Commission Team for Cooperation with the ILO in April 2008, it was decided to continue the work of reviewing unratified Conventions. Analysis of the conformity of Polish law and practice with each Convention will be undertaken by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. The decision to initiate a ratification procedure will be taken following consultations on the results of the re-examination with the members of the Tripartite Commission Team for Cooperation with the ILO. The Committee also notes the information concerning the consultations held within the Tripartite Commission Team for Cooperation with the ILO on the prospects of ratifying the Instrument of Amendment of the ILO Constitution of 1997, the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, and on the denunciation of the Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45). Following these consultations, proposals were approved by the social partners such that Convention No. 181 and the Instrument of Amendment of the ILO Constitution were ratified, and Conventions Nos 45 and 96 were denounced. Poland intends to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, before the end of 2010. The Committee notes with interest the information provided and invites the Government to continue to keep it informed of the content and scope of the tripartite consultations held on the matters set out in the Convention during the period covered by the next report.