Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1981)

Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes with interest the information submitted by the Government by its letter dated 8 August 1991, transmitting to the ILO the text of Decree No. 20601-TSS promulgated on 5 August 1991 by the President of the Republic and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The Decree establishes, under the authority of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, a Supreme Council of Labour which is charged with bringing together representatives of the Government and of organisations of employers and workers for the purpose of consultations on ILO matters.

The Committee notes that the Council is charged, inter alia, with studying proposals which the Government will present to the National Assembly with respect to the submission of ILO Conventions and Recommendations, with studying government replies to questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the International Labour Conference, and with examining at appropriate intervals questions regarding the eventual ratification of unratified Conventions and of the application of Recommendations to which effect previously had not been given.

The Committee further notes that the Decree provides that the Council shall be composed of three representatives of the Government nominated by the Executive, and of three representatives of employers and workers.

In connection with the above, the Committee would be grateful if the Government could provide further particulars on the following Articles in its forthcoming report:

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government, in its forthcoming report, would provide it with information concerning the operation of the procedures established under the Decree and, in particular, the operation of the Council, designed to ensure effective consultations in accordance with the Convention.

Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government, in its forthcoming report, would provide it with information concerning the operation of the procedures established under the Decree designed to ensure that the representatives of employers and workers are freely chosen by their organisations in accordance with the Convention.

Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government, in its forthcoming report, would inform it whether any arrangements have been made by the competent authority and the representative organisations for the financing of any necessary training of participants in the procedures established under the Decree.

Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government, in its forthcoming report, would provide it with detailed information on any consultations which have taken place on each of the questions set forth in paragraph 1 of this Article, including the actual frequency of such consultations.

Article 6 of the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government, in its forthcoming report, would provide it with a copy of any report issued by the competent authority in connection with the procedures established under the Decree.