Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Togo (Ratification: 1983)

Article 4 of the Convention. Development of collective bargaining. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government regarding the conclusion in October 2012 of a new collective agreement for the free zone, the revision of the collective agreement in the oil sector adopted in January 2013, and the adoption in August 2013 of the collective agreement in banks and financial and insurance institutions. The Government also indicates that the will of the authorities to promote collective bargaining is also demonstrated by the establishment of a social dialogue and industrial relations department for this purpose. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing detailed information on the collective agreements concluded, the sectors and numbers of workers covered and the measures taken by the authorities to promote collective bargaining.