Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Zambia (Ratification: 1978)

Tripartite consultations required under the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s statement in its report received which indicates that two Tripartite Consultative Labour Council meetings had been held from February to March 2007. Two major issues were on the meetings’ agendas: the global perspective of the casualization of labour and the review of the country’s labour laws. Particular labour laws which affect the application of the Convention were reviewed and submitted to the Cabinet for adoption, and then to Parliament for enactment. The Committee recalls that it is necessary for the Government to provide, in its report, precise and up to date information on the implementation of the consultation procedures relating to international labour standards so that it can assess the manner in which effect is given to the provisions of this Convention. The Committee therefore requests the Government to submit a report containing precise and up to date information on the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held, including in the Tripartite Consultative Labour Council, on each of the matters covered by Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention.