Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Article 2(2) of the Convention. The Committee recalls its earlier comments in which it requested the Government to indicate whether schedules of wages and conditions of employment to be observed in the execution of public contracts in the absence of collective agreements had in fact been prepared, as set out in section 135 of the Employment Act, 1980. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on any progress achieved in this respect.

Article 4(a)(iii). Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s continued reference to section 142 of the Employment Act regarding the posting of notices at the workplace containing information on the labour conditions applicable to workers engaged in the execution of public contracts. The Committee recalls that whereas section 142 of the Employment Act appears consistent with the Convention, the sample notice communicated by the Government in its first report (Legal Notice No. 112 of 1982) did not contain the information required by this provision of the Convention. The Committee again expresses the hope that the necessary measures will soon be taken to fully apply this provision of the Convention on which the Committee has been commenting for many years. The Committee would appreciate receiving a copy of the notice currently in use with respect to work carried out under public contracts.

Part V of the report form. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide detailed information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including copies of public contracts containing labour clauses, extracts from official reports, information concerning the number of public contracts awarded, the number of workers covered by relevant legislation, the number and nature of contraventions reported, etc.