Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

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

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes the observations of the Pakistan Workers’ Federation (PWF) received in November 2013 in which it is indicated that the last Pakistan Tripartite Labour Conference had been held in February 2009. The PWF asked the Government to hold periodic tripartite meetings in accordance with the Convention. The Committee notes that in July 2014 the Government formally notified the establishment of a tripartite committee with a mandate that includes consultations on all matters listed in Article 5(1) of the Convention. It notes that the committee will be composed of government representatives, a representative of the Employers’ Federation of Pakistan and a PWF representative. It also notes that the tripartite committee will meet at least once per quarter. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the content and outcome of tripartite consultations held within the framework of the tripartite committee established in July 2014 on the matters related to international labour standards covered by the Convention.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2015.]