Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO308, November 1997

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 78. At its meeting in November 1996, the Committee once again requested the Government to keep it informed of the progress made in adopting the State Enterprise Labour Relations Bill and expressed its hope that the Bill, in its final form, would be in full conformity with freedom of association principles (see 305th Report, paras. 61-63).
2. 79. In its communication of 26 September 1997, the Government indicates that, following the dissolution of the House of Representatives in September 1996, the Bill was resubmitted to the newly elected House on 18 December 1996. The Bill was approved in its final reading in the House on 19 February 1997 and passed its first reading in the Senate on 20 February and passed the Scrutinizing Committee of the Senate on 13 May. According to the Government, the Bill is now awaiting its second and final reading in the Senate.
3. 80. The Committee takes note of this information. Once again it trusts that the Bill will be adopted in the near future and that, in its final form, it will be in conformity with freedom of association principles. It requests the Government to keep it informed of any progress made in this regard and to provide a copy of the Bill as soon as it has been adopted.