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

Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Ratification: 1980)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report.

The Committee notes that the Government refers in its report to a revised Civil Service Management Code issued on 1 April 1996 concerning the determination of terms and conditions of employment of civil servants. The Committee requests the Government to forward a copy of this Code and any amendments thereto with its next report.

The Committee also notes with interest that the Civil Service Arbitration Agreement between the Council of Civil Service Unions and the Cabinet Office which provides for the voluntary arbitration of disputes in the civil service has been reinstated.