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

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Croatia (Ratification: 1991)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report and the comments made by the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia.

The Committee notes the coming into force on 1 January 1996 of the new Labour Law, which explicitly provides in article 161 that organizations of employers and workers cannot be disbanded by administrative decision.

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes that article 165 of the new Labour Law provides that a minimum of ten individuals of full age is necessary to establish an employers' association. On this point, the Committee considers that this requirement could discourage the persons concerned from constituting organizations of this nature. In these conditions, the Committee requests the Government to take measures to amend the legislation to reduce the minimum number set out in the Law for the establishment of employers' associations.

Article 3. The Committee notes that the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia criticizes the Bill on Associations, particularly as regards its provisions respecting the property and the transfer of the assets of social organizations. The Committee requests the Government to transmit its comments in this respect.

Finally, the Committee requests the Government to provide it with a copy of the Law on Civil Servants and Government Employees and on the Salaries of the Officials in Judicial Bodies, as well as any text issued under the new Labour Law under the terms of article 237(1) which relates to freedom of association.