Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2006, Publicación: 96ª reunión CIT (2007)

With reference to its observation, the Committee requests the Government to provide additional information on the following points raised in its previous comments.

Article 3 of the Convention. While noting the legislative and practical information concerning the application of this provision, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the fields of labour legislation covered by the collective agreements of which the extension has been discussed in the Labour Relations Commission since 2000. It also requests the Government to provide further information on the reasons for which the extension of one agreement was recognized, while it was dismissed for another and a third agreement was rejected.

According to information available on the Government web site, and in the Korea Labor Review (July-August 2005), a reform of industrial relations has been under way since 2003 intended to adapt industrial relations legislation and institutions to the changing environment. The objective is to establish reasonable and equitable rules compatible with international labour standards and incorporating the demands of the social partners relating to industrial relations at the national and international levels. The formulation of a Roadmap for Industrial Relations Reform for this purpose involves, among other matters, determining the criteria for identifying subjects which should be addressed mandatorily by collective bargaining. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of the outcome of the discussions held with the social partners on this subject.

Article 7. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate precisely the workers in the “non-standard workforce” category and indicate the reasons why the issue of the extension of the protection of the labour administration system to these workers, brought before the National Assembly in November 2004, was excluded from the Roadmap.