Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO342, June 2006

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

1. 42. At its meeting in June 2005, the Committee requested the Government to communicate the ruling handed down on the dismissal of the 102 workers at Distribuidora de Industrias Nacionales S.A., against which a complaint had been lodged with the Freedom of Association Office of the Labour Directorate [see 337th Report, para. 52].
2. 43. In its communication dated 6 January 2006, the Government states that the Labour Court of Santiago ruled in favour of the complainant on 5 October 2005 and that the court sentenced the company to pay costs and a fine of 140 monthly tax units; subsequently, an appeal was lodged against this ruling by the company, and it is still under examination.
3. 44. The Committee notes this information and requests the Government to inform it of the decision handed down in respect of the appeal lodged by the company.