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

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1984)

The Committee notes the Government’s report received by the ILO on 7 September 2009 in reply to its previous comments.

Article 5 of the Convention. Operation in practice of the Higher Labour Council. The Committee notes with interest that this tripartite Council always participates in the formulation and discussions relating to the Second National Employment Plan and the Decent Work Programme, in coordination with the National Employment Council and with ILO technical support, taking into account the contributions of the social partners and of the Government. In Communication No. DNE-050 of 27 April 2009, the Director of Employment affirmed the clear intention of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to promote social dialogue and tripartism through the submission to the Higher Labour Council of the proposal for the National Employment Plan and the Decent Work Programme. He added that the work of analysis, investigation and seeking consensus had been strongly supported by the ILO, which also financed in the second half of 2008 the training of a team of four planning technicians for the examination of a new proposal for a consensual National Employment Plan.

The Government indicates that a joint commission should be established with the mission of ensuring the formulation of an agreed text for the draft reform of labour law in the context of the current legislative exercise. Remaining attentive to the effect to be given to the measures to promote tripartite consultation and bargaining, as described by the Government, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue providing information on the process that has been launched and its outcome, and if it would provide extracts of any report on the respective work.

Article 7. Extension of the functions of the system of labour administration to categories of workers who are not, in law, employed persons. The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government on the financial aid and technical assistance measures taken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Stock-raising for self-employed agricultural workers working in a family context. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate whether and, if so, to what extent the system of labour administration has been involved in the implementation of operations to assist agricultural workers who are self-employed or who work in a family context.

The Committee also requests the Government to indicate the role of the bodies that make up the labour administration system in the formulation and implementation of the rural development programme implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Stock-raising in respect of self-employed agricultural workers, in accordance with Executive Decree No. 26246-MP-MAG of 1997.