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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Aruba

Articles 1 and 5 of the Convention. Representative organizations. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee welcomes the information provided by the Government regarding the tripartite consultations held on matters related to international labour standards between 2021 and 2024 within the Tripartite Committee for International Affairs (OCIA), including reports on ratified Conventions to be submitted to the ILO, the annual tripartite participation in the International Labour Conference and the proposals for the denunciation of ratified Conventions. The Committee further notes the Government’s indication that, following tripartite consultations, it was decided that priority will be given during the 2024 OCIA meetings to the possible application of the following fundamental Conventions: the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98); the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100); and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111). Moreover, it was decided that, before deciding on the ratification of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (P29), further research would be carried out on the topic and that the ratification of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) will be re-examined in 2025. In addition, it was decided not to ratify at the given moment and to re-examine in 2025 the possibility of ratifying: the Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148); the Chemicals Convention, 1990 (No. 170); the Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (P No. 81); the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003, as amended (No. 185); the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188); the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189); and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190). Lastly, while acknowledging the importance of having in place procedures that ensure effective tripartite consultations, the Government indicates that meetings were held between the OCIA members and the Ministry of Labour regarding the steps to be taken to replace one employer’s representative organization and choose a new one and that it will keep the Committee informed of the outcome. Recalling that the Convention requires to ensure effective consultations with the most representative organizations of employers and workers on the matters enumerated therein, the Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the envisaged change in the composition of the OCIA, indicating the criteria used for determining the most representative organizations of employers and workers and the decision taken in this regard. It also requests the Government to continue to provide updated information on: (i) the content and the outcome of the tripartite consultations held on each of the matters covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention; (ii) any developments regarding the ratification of the abovementioned instruments, particularly Convention Nos 98, 100, 111, 187 and the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (P29).