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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Czechia (Ratification: 2000)

The Committee notes the observations of the Confederation of Industry and Transport (SP ČR), transmitted by the Government with its report.

Article 5(1) of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government regarding the outcome of the tripartite consultations held during the reporting period, particularly with regard to the re-examination of unratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(c) of the Convention). The Government indicates that ratification of the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) is still under consideration in relation to the preparation of the amendment to the Labour Code through which the Directive 2022–41 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union will be transposed to the national legislation. The Government adds that it plans to submit a proposal to ratify Convention No. 131 once the amendments are adopted before October 2024, which is the deadline for transposing the EU Directive. The Committee notes that, in its observations, the SP ČR expresses its willingness to act as a representative organization of employers in the tripartite consultations to be held with respect to minimum wages in accordance with Convention No. 131. The Government provides information as regards the possibility of ratifying the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156), indicating that the analysis of the Convention has been carried out but needs yet to be finalized. The ratification will be again considered in connection to the amendment to be introduced to the Labour Code in order to transpose the EU Directive on Work-Life Balance (2019). For its part, the SP ČR emphasizes that, in view of the persistent labour market shortages, there is a need to take all measures to enable workers with family responsibilities to integrate and remain integrated into the labour force, as well as to re-enter the labour force after an absence in relation with exercising parental responsibilities, as required by Convention No. 156.

The Committee further notes the Government’s indication that a meeting of the Working Team of the Council for Economic and Social Agreement for Cooperation with the ILO (WT ILO) was held on 17 May 2023 to discuss the preparation for the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (June 2023), the reports due in 2023 on the application of unratified conventions, and the most relevant issues discussed by the ILO Governing Body in its 346th (November 2022) and 347th Sessions (March 2023). The Committee observes, however, that the Government does not provide information on the tripartite consultations held on proposals to be made in connection with the submission to the Parliament of instruments adopted by the Conference (Article 5(1)(b)); and reports to be made on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)). The Committee, therefore, requests the Government to continue to provide information on the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held on all matters concerning international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention, including the items (b) and (d). It also requests the Government to provide information on any developments with respect to the possible ratification of Conventions Nos 131 and 156.