Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) - Curaçao

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

In its previous comment, the Committee requested the Government to indicate in detail the provisions of the relevant legislation and administrative regulations giving full legal effect to each of the Articles of the Convention. The Committee notes with satisfaction the information provided by the Government according to which: (i) the Centralized Organized Dialogue on Public Official’s Affairs (CODPOA) is a fundamental platform for negotiation and dialogue on interests related to the legal status of civil servants in Curaçao); (ii) the CODPOA is composed of the Minister of Administration Planning and Service, three representatives of each of the representative unions organization (those with at least 5 per cent of the public officials as members) and is chaired by an independent president; (iii) decisions in the CODPOA are preferably made by consensus, in the absence of consensus, the Advisory an Arbitration Commission can be used to resolve disputes; and (iv) since 2008, various pacts have been negotiated and signed by the parties of the CODPOA, six of them signed between 2019 and 2023.

The Committee takes due note of this information, which underlines the existence of organisations representing public employees that are able to participate in determining the terms and conditions of employment of their members and to have recourse to mechanisms for resolving collective disputes. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the activities of the CODPOA and the agreements concluded within it. The Committee also requests the Government to provide details of the provisions of the legislation giving effect to Article 4 of the Convention concerning the protection of public employees against all acts of anti-union discrimination.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s first report in which it indicates that the 2008 Ordinance on Organized Civil Service Matters, No. 70, lays down rules concerning the structure of consultations on matters of general interest concerning the legal status of public employees. The Committee observes that the Government’s report does not contain specific information on the legal provisions entered into force in order to give full effect to the obligations provided for by the Convention. The Committee therefore requests the Government to indicate in detail the provisions of the relevant legislation and administrative regulations giving full legal effect to each of the Articles of the Convention.