Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Croatia (Ratification: 1991)

The Committee notes the comments submitted by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) dated 24 August 2010.

Article 3 of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee recalled that since 1996, it has been commenting over the issue of the distribution of trade union assets and urged the Government to determine the criteria for the division of trade union assets in consultation with workers’ organizations and to fix a specific time frame for completing the division of the property. The Committee had noted the Government’s indication that for the division of trade union assets to be addressed, it was first necessary to establish the criteria for determining the representativeness of trade unions. The Committee notes that the Government indicates in its report that, in April 2009, the Minister of the Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship issued a decision specifying the names of the associations meeting the requirements laid down in article 2 of the Act on the Method of Determining the Representation of Trade Union Associations of a Higher Level in Tripartite Bodies at the National Level (OG 18/99) and the number of trade unions affiliated to these associations. In these circumstances, taking into account that the representativeness criteria has been defined, the Committee hopes that the Government will take the necessary measures in the very near future to address the issue of the distribution of trade union assets and requests the Government to provide information thereon in its next report.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.