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Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) - Mali (RATIFICATION: 1995)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s report. In particular, the Committee notes that the new general conditions of service of public servants, submitted to the new National Assembly in its extraordinary session on 16 September 2002, have not yet been adopted. The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of this text once it has been adopted.

Furthermore, the Committee once again hopes that the new general conditions of service of public servants will reflect the comments that it made previously.

Article 1 of the Convention. Noting that the exclusion from the scope of application of the current general conditions of service of public servants is too broad, the Committee previously requested the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that the legislation grants the rights and safeguards provided for in the Convention to the following categories of public employees: personnel hired on a contractual basis, temporary personnel and the personnel of local communities and designated public bodies.

Articles 4 and 5. The Committee noted previously that the current general conditions of service of public servants do not contain specific provisions on protection against anti-union discrimination and interference. The Committee requested the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that the legislation contains specific provisions to protect workers against acts of anti-union discrimination at the time of recruitment and in the course of employment, and against acts of interference by the public authorities, all of which should be combined with effective and rapid remedies and sufficiently dissuasive sanctions.

Articles 7 and 8. The Committee noted previously that, according to the Government, the joint administrative committees are the bodies responsible for the settlement of disputes. Noting that the Government has not provided information on this subject, the Committee once again requests it to supply additional information on the role and functions of these administrative committees in the settlement of disputes and on any agreements concluded in the public service in recent years (the number of agreements, institutions and workers covered, etc.).