Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Estonia (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to the previous comments of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

The Committee notes the Government’s indication that a new Collective Bargaining and Collective Labour Dispute Resolution Act is currently being drafted. According to the Government, the Act will presumably cover the issue of registration of collective agreements by the KLAK (Database of collective agreements) and will provide for rapid and inexpensive arbitration machinery and a clear differentiation between conflicts of rights and conflicts of interests, so as to give stronger and more impartial support to employees during conflicts with employers. The Committee notes this information and requests the Government to ensure that the new legislation will enshrine the voluntary nature of arbitration, recourse to compulsory arbitration being possible only in essential services and for public servants engaged in the administration of the State. It further requests the Government to provide a copy of the Collective Bargaining and Collective Labour Dispute Resolution Act once it is adopted.