Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Latvia (Ratification: 1992)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption on 29 April 1999 of the Act on Employers' Organizations and Associations which reduces to five the number of people required to constitute an employers' organization (section 2), enshrines the principle of their independence (section 5) and their right to affiliate with international organizations of employers (section 6).

The Committee is also raising a number of points in a request addressed directly to the Government.