Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO344, March 2007

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

1. 234. At its meeting in March 2006, when it examined allegations that, following the participation by dockworkers in May Day celebrations, the PLANIR SA company in reprisal had ceased to hire a number of workers, and that a blacklist had been drawn up preventing the workers in question from obtaining work, the Committee regretted the delay in the investigation of this case and requested the Government to inform it whether the enterprise had had recourse to the Administrative Tribunal against the fine imposed by the administrative authority and, if so, to inform it of the outcome. The Committee indicated that, if no appeal had been made, it expected that the fine would have been paid by the employer so as to serve as a dissuasive measure against any future acts of anti-union discrimination [see 340th Report, paras 1353–1361].
2. 235. In its communication of 31 June 2006, the Government states that, as PLANIR SA did not seek to have the penalty (the fine imposed by the administrative authority) quashed, the Ministry filed an application on 20 April 2006 to the 25th departmental circuit magistrates’ court of the capital to order payment. On 21 July 2006, PLANIR SA reported to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to pay the fine.
3. 236. The Committee takes note of this information.