Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Dominican Republic (Ratification: 1999)

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. In its previous comments, the Committee asked the Government to send its comments on the observations of the National Confederation of Trade Union Unity (CNUS), the Autonomous Confederation of Workers’ Unions (CASC) and the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD). In its reply, the Government indicates that both the workers’ and employers’ sectors had received the electronic drafts of the reports sent in 2016 so that they could make their observations. The Committee notes that the activities of the tripartite round table on issues relating to international labour standards have begun, with regulations on its functioning drawn up on a tripartite basis and subsequently revised by the employers pending receipt of the workers’ observations. The Government indicates that tripartite consultations were held on the abrogation and withdrawal of six international labour Conventions. The Committee also notes the Government’s statement that two tripartite meetings were held regarding the revision of the Employment (Transition from War to Peace) Recommendation, 1944 (No. 71), and that during the meeting of the Labour Advisory Council on 16 May 2017 discussions were held on topics such as labour migration, possible amendments to the Labour Code and the Social Security Act, social security coverage for mobile and casual workers, and reclassification of enterprises. Lastly, the Government indicates that observations from the workers and employers are pending with regard to the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204), and the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202). The Committee recalls that the effectiveness of consultations presupposes in practice that employers’ and workers’ representatives have all the necessary information far enough in advance to formulate their own opinions (see General Survey of 2000 on tripartite consultation, paragraph 31). The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of the regulations on the functioning of the tripartite round table on issues relating to international labour standards, once they have been adopted. The Committee also requests the Government to supply detailed information on the activities of the abovementioned tripartite round table, particularly the content and outcome of the discussions held in relation to the matters referred to in Article 5(1).