Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention received in October 2007. It further notes the observations from the Trade Union Confederation Nezavisnost, the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia and the Union of Employers of Serbia, attached to the Government’s report.

2. Article 5 of the Convention. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes that regular consultation procedures in writing had been established since the entering into force of the Convention. The Social and Economic Council of Serbia (SECS) has also been established and became operational in July 2007. The SECS aims to develop a negotiation culture and will be charged with issues relating to the development and promotion of collective negotiation. The Committee further notes that Nezavisnost indicates that consultations in the reporting period were held concerning strategies, plans, development programmes, labour legislation and social security legislation. The Union of Employers of Serbia and Nezavisnost have also indicated that the work of the SECS remains formal and that progress in respect of its work has not been achieved so far. The Committee further notes that under Article 5 of the Convention, the Government’s report only mentions the consultation required on drawing up the reports on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5, paragraph 1(d), of the Convention). The Committee therefore invites the Government to provide information on consultations held on all the matters related to international labour standards covered by the Convention, specifying their subject and frequency and the nature of any reports or recommendations resulting from the consultations.