Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Trinidad and Tobago (Ratification: 1995)

The Committee notes the Government’s second report on the application of the Convention, providing information on the meetings held in the 144 Tripartite Committee on matters relating to the ILO activities set out in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee notes in particular the indications on the consultations held, in accordance with point (c) concerning the re‑examination of unratified Conventions Nos. 100, 147 and 159 and the resulting proposals for ratification. These Conventions have since been ratified by Trinidad and Tobago. The Government also states that the Tripartite Committee has recommended the ratification of Convention No. 138.

The Committee requests the Government to continue providing detailed information in future reports on the consultations held on all the matters covered by Article 5, paragraph 1, and to indicate the nature of resulting reports or recommendations. In this respect, the Committee requests the Government to provide the ILO with any annual report which may be issued by the 144 Tripartite Committee, along the lines of the report prepared for the period June 1996 to May 1997, a copy of which was transmitted to the ILO with the Government’s first report.