Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

The Committee notes the Government's report. It also notes the comments submitted by the Single Confederation of Honduran Workers (CUTH) with regard to application of the Convention.

The Committee recalls that for years it has referred to the need for legislation to provide sufficiently effective and dissuasive sanctions against acts of anti-union discrimination and acts of interference by employers or their organizations in trade union affairs. The Committee also recalls that in its previous comments it took note of a preliminary draft reforming the Labour Code of December 1995 which strengthens measures and sanctions against acts of anti-union discrimination. In this respect, the Committee notes that the Government makes no reference to this preliminary draft in its report; rather, it refers only to the Labour Code amended by Decree No. 978 of 1980 which provides sanctions against persons who hinder the full right to freedom of association. The Committee notes that the CUTH states that legislation does not provide sanctions to punish employers who violate the rights set out in the Convention. In these circumstances, the Committee requests the Government to supply information on the application in practice of the provisions of the Labour Code which sanctions acts of discrimination and interference and to texts of administrative and judicial decisions on this matter.