Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Finland (Ratification: 1978)

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

The Committee notes the observations of the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), the Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland (AKAVA), the Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK), and the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK), communicated with the Government’s report.

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee welcomes the detailed information supplied by the Government with regard to the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held by the Finnish ILO Committee between 2013 and 2016. The Committee also notes with interest that the ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), was registered on 8 January 2015. The Government indicates that the Finnish ILO Committee met five times in 2014 and four times in 2015. As of the time the Government’s 2016 report was drafted, the Finnish ILO Committee had convened three times. The SAK, the AKAVA and the STIK state that tripartite cooperation works well in Finland in terms of both structure and practical cooperation. They add that, if necessary, development targets could be set to make the normative work of the ILO better known and appreciated. The EK is of the view that tripartite cooperation has been extremely successful both in the Finnish ILO Committee and in the Work and Advisory Board. It adds that the ratification of unratified Conventions is not a topical issue for the Finnish labour market. Instead, the EK considers that it would be beneficial for Finland to also discuss, at some point in the future, whether it has a need for every ILO Convention that it has ratified. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide updated information on the content and outcome of the consultations held on all matters concerning international labour standards covered by the Convention.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes the Government's report received in August 2013, indicating that the Finnish ILO Committee met seven times in 2011, five times in 2012 and three times in the early part of 2013. The Government indicates that in 2012 the Finnish ILO Committee discussed the possibilities for ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189). It also discussed bringing the Convention and its accompanying Recommendation No. 201 before the Finnish Parliament, as required by the ILO Constitution. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the content and outcome of the consultations held on the matters covered by the Convention, including consultations to re-examine the prospects of ratification of unratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(c)).

Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report on the application of the Convention. It also notes a communication from the organization "Chydenius-Seura 96" and the Government's response. The Committee has paid particular attention to the questions raised by the above organization on the nature of employers' organizations which participate in the work of the tripartite ILO committee. The organization wishes to take part in this work and alleges that small and medium-sized enterprises, which form the majority of enterprises in the country, are not adequately represented therein. However, the Government indicates that these enterprises are broadly represented by the employers' organizations which are members of the tripartite ILO committee and lays out the reasons why it does not consider it useful to include the organization "Chydenius-Seura 96". In the light of the information available to it, the Committee considers that the composition and functioning of the tripartite ILO committee appear to satisfy the requirements of Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention. As it has indicated in its most recent General Survey on the Convention and on Recommendation No. 152, it is for the Government to decide in good faith and in the light of the national circumstances which organizations are to be considered the most representative (paragraph 34).

With regard to the other allegations made by the organization "Chydenius-Seura 96", the Committee considers that they are marginal and do not concern the application of the Convention. It will not therefore examine them in the context of this observation.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

The Committee notes the information supplied in the Government's report.

It would be grateful if the Government would give particulars of the consultations held on each of the matters set out in paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Convention. It would also be grateful if the Government would supply with its next report a copy of the last yearly report on the activities of the Finnish Advisory ILO Committee issued in conformity with Article 6.