Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Netherlands (Ratification: 1933)
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 - Netherlands (Ratification: 2017)

The Committee notes the Government's report.

1. Article 1(1) and Article 2(1) of the Convention. Further to its previous observations, the Committee notes with satisfaction that a provision of section 6 of the Extraordinary (Employment Relations) Decree, 1945, under which workers were legally required to obtain the approval of the District Employment Office for the termination of their employment, has been repealed by the Act concerning Flexibility and Security (Stb. 300), of 14 May 1998, which was due to come into force on 1 January 1999.

2. Article 2(2)(a). In its previous observation, the Committee noted a communication from the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation (FNV) dated 18 August 1995 concerning the use of conscripts for non-military activities. The Committee has noted from the Government's report received in July 1996 that the position of conscripts was to be reviewed in the light of the Convention, and that compulsory national service would end on 1 January 1997. Since the Government's subsequent reports received in March 1997 and August 1998 contain no new information on this subject, the Committee asks the Government to confirm that the practice in question has been ended.