Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Estonia (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee notes the Government's first report.

It requests the Government to supply further information on the following points:

Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's indication in its report that acts of anti-union discrimination could occur in certain small firms. It requests the Government to indicate what measures it intends to take if such situations should arise.

Article 3. The Committee notes the Government's statement in its report that the lack of legislation regarding protection against anti-union discrimination results in a lack of possibilities for punishment. It also notes that the Government hopes that general, adequate protection will be improved in the act on trade unions which is in preparation.

It requests the Government to indicate what measures for prevention, compensation or punishment it intends to take to ensure effective protection, and specifically what sanctions it intends to institute to protect workers against acts of discrimination set out in Article 1, or for workers' organizations in the event that acts of interference such as those listed in Article 2 occur.

Article 4. The Committee requests the Government to supply any practical information on collective bargaining (for example, number of collective agreements, sectors covered, number of workers concerned).

The Committee notes that a new act on trade unions is in preparation and requests the Government to supply information on the progress of work and to send it the text once it has been adopted.