Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

The Committee takes note of the Government's report. In addition it has noted the comments of the National Federation of Workers' Councils in relation to the protection of workers against acts of anti-union discrimination and the conclusions of the Committee on Freedom of Association in Case No. 1742 (see 294th Report of the Committee approved by the Governing Body at its June 1994 Session).

Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the Government indicated to the Committee on Freedom of Association that it intended to modernize its legislation on penalties, and requests the Government to indicate in its next report the measures taken or envisaged to strengthen protection of all workers and not only of union leaders against acts of anti-trade union discrimination, particularly through the introduction of effective and sufficiently dissuasive sanctions.

Article 4. In view of the importance of ensuring the independence of the social partners in voluntary collective negotiation on working conditions and ensuring that official registration of collective agreements can be refused only on grounds of form or where the clauses of a collective agreement do not conform to the minimum standards set out in the labour law, the Committee requests the Government once again to indicate whether the Minister of Labour has laid down a procedure for allowing registration of collective agreements under section 38(4) of the Labour Code and, if so, to send it the text.