Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Pakistan (Ratification: 1994)

Effective tripartite consultations. In its 2005 observation, the Committee requested the Government to supply a detailed report on the progress achieved in guaranteeing effective tripartite consultation on the matters covered by the Convention in a manner satisfactory to all the parties concerned. In its reply, the Government indicates that the process of the consolidation and simplification of labour laws is being finalized on the basis of recommendations and proposals sought from all the stakeholders of the industrial relations system. Moreover, tripartite boards at the federal and provincial levels offered their views and suggestions regarding the revision of the legislation. The Government convened a number of seminars, workshops and meetings of the representative organizations of employers and workers to obtain their comments on six draft labour laws. The main labour policy documents were prepared and finalized with tripartite consultation. The report also contains a detailed list of the tripartite bodies provided for in the various labour laws. The Committee welcomes the information provided on the consultation and cooperation activities mentioned by the Government as a basis for promoting tripartite consultation on economic and social policy at the national level. Nevertheless, the information provided by the Government on these activities does not directly refer to the tripartite consultations on international labour standards required by the Convention. The Committee therefore asks the Government to give particulars of the consultations held on each of the matters relating to international labour standards referred to in Article 5 of the Convention, including information on reports or recommendations made as a result of these consultations. The Committee recalls that certain of the matters covered by the Convention (replies to questionnaires, submissions to Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), reports to be made to the ILO) imply annual consultation, while others (re-examination of unratified Conventions and Recommendations, proposals for the denunciation of ratified Conventions) involve less frequent examination.