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Effective tripartite consultations. Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s brief report received in August 2009. The Government indicates that the National Labour Board’s mandate is to review and make recommendations on the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code. With regards to consultations on international labour standards, meetings are set up with the unions and the Antigua and Barbuda Employers’ Federation to examine the Conventions. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide precise information on the activities of the National Labour Board on all the matters covered by the Convention.

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. Submission to the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda. Article 5, paragraph 1(b). The Government indicates in its report that the instruments adopted by the International Labour Conference at the sessions held between 1996 and 2007 were submitted to the competent authority. However, the Committee notes that no information was received with regard to the submission to the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda of the instruments adopted by the Conference during that period. It again invites the Government to report on the consultations held in respect of proposals to be made to the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda in connection with the submission of the instruments adopted by the Conference, including indications on the date on which the instruments were submitted to Parliament.

Examination of unratified Conventions and Recommendations. Article 5, paragraph 1(c). The Government indicates that consultations were held to examine unratified Conventions and Recommendations. The Committee recalls its previous comment and invites the Government to re-examine some unratified Conventions with the social partners, in particular the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129), which is deemed a governance Convention; the Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132), which revises the Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14), and the Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952 (No. 101), to which Antigua and Barbuda is a party; and the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), which revises the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108), that has also been ratified by Antigua and Barbuda.