Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) - Rwanda (Ratification: 2018)

Collective bargaining in the public service. The Committee recalls that article 49 of Law No. 017/2020 of 7 October 2020, establishing the General Statute governing public servants, recognizes the right of public servants to join the union of their own choosing but does not explicitly refer to collective bargaining mechanisms. The Committee notes the Government’ s statement that civil servants are not excluded from negotiating their working conditions and terms of employment through their organizations; however no collective negotiation is taking place in the public service. In these circumstances, the Committee invites the Government, in consultation with the relevant representative workers’ organisations, to establish, in law and practice, the necessary mechanisms for civil servants to exercise their right to collective bargaining. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any progress made and recalls that it may avail itself of the technical assistance of the Office in this respect.