Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Jordan (Ratification: 2003)

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Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government regarding the tripartite consultations held within the Tripartite Committee on Labour Affairs during the reporting period. The Government reports that tripartite consultations were held on questionnaires relating to the items on the agenda of the 111th session of the Conference (Article 5(1)(a) of the Convention) regarding the abolition of an international labour Convention, the withdrawal of four conventions, one Protocol and 18 recommendations, as well as in relation to the possibility of ratifying the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) (Article 5(1)(c)). The Government adds that tripartite consultations were also held on, among other issues, increasing the national minimum wage, the possible ratification of Convention No. 15 of the Arab Labour Organization (ALO) concerning wage protection, and on a range of measures to be taken to address the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Jordanian labour market, particular economic sectors and categories of workers, and the economy more generally. The Committee nevertheless observes that the Government does not provide information on tripartite consultations held on all of the matters related to international labour standards covered under Article 5(1) of the Convention, particularly with respect to: the submission of instruments adopted by the Conference (Article 5(1)(b)); and reports on ratified conventions to be submitted to the ILO in accordance with article 22 of the ILO Constitution (Article 5(1)(d)). The Committee therefore requests the Government to provide detailed updated information on the content, the outcome and the frequency of the tripartite consultations held on all matters concerning international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention: questionnaires relating to Conference agenda items (Article 5(1)(a)); the submission of instruments adopted by the Conference to the competent national authorities (Article 5(1)(b)); the re-examination at appropriate intervals of unratified Conventions and Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given (Article 5(1)(c)); reports to be presented on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)); and proposals for the denunciation of Conventions (Article 5(1)(e)).