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Consultation with the organizations of workers and employers16

General principles

  1. The Committee has called the Governments attention to the Consultation (Industrial and National Levels) Recommendation, 1960 (No. 113), which establishes that consultations "should aim, in particular, at joint consideration of matters of mutual concern with a view to arriving, to the fullest possible extent, at agreed solutions" and includes among the matters for consultation "the preparation and implementation of laws and regulations affecting their interests.
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2254Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)3341065
  1. The Committee has expressed the importance, for the preservation of a countrys social harmony, of regular consultations with employers and workers representatives; such consultations should involve the whole trade union movement, irrespective of the philosophical or political beliefs of its leaders.
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1865Republic of Korea340763
2476Cameroon350313
2756Mali359722
2949Eswatini3671224
2951Cameroon370189
Digest: 20061065
  1. The Committee highlighted the importance for harmonious labour relations of full and frank consultations on matters affecting the workers occupational interests.
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3051Japan376699
  1. The Committee stressed the importance that immediate action be taken to create a climate of trust based on respect for business and labour organizations, so as to promote stable and solid industrial relations.
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2254Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)372759
  1. The Committee recalled the importance of consulting all trade union organizations concerned on matters affecting their interests or those of their members.
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3095Tunisia378803
  1. The Committee has emphasized that the principle of consultation and cooperation between public authorities and employers and workers organizations at the industrial and national levels is one to which importance should be attached.
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Digest: 20061066
  1. The Committee has emphasized the importance it attaches to the promotion of dialogue and consultations on matters of mutual interest between the public authorities and the most representative occupational organizations of the sector involved.
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2171Sweden353279
2254Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)378846
2614Argentina353399
2625Ecuador353962
2661Peru358791
2918Spain368356
2947Spain371445
3002Bolivia (Plurinational State of)37375
3054El Salvador375327
3077Honduras374433
Digest: 20061067
  1. The Committee emphasized the fundamental importance of tripartite dialogue as a means of finding solutions to problems arising in the context of labour relations.
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3079Dominican Republic376423
  1. The Committee emphasized the vital importance that it attaches to social dialogue and tripartite consultation, not only concerning questions of labour law but also in the formulation of public policy on labour, social and economic matters.
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3054El Salvador375325
  1. The Committee recalled that, according to the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204), in designing, implementing and evaluating policies and programmes of relevance to the informal economy, including its formalization, the Government should consult with and promote active participation of the most representative employers and workers organizations, which should include in their ranks, according to national practice, representatives of membership-based representative organizations of workers and economic units in the informal economy.
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3169Guinea378351
  1. With the necessary limitations of time, the principles governing consultation remain valid during crises that require the taking of urgent measures.
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2947Spain371445
  1. In the case concerning the public corporate sector, the Committee highlighted the importance of making changes to working conditions such as cuts to wages and other allowances and benefits the subject of in-depth consultation with the most representative organizations in the sector.
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3072Portugal376921
  1. It is important that national human resources policies in the public service, including vocational training arrangements, be drawn up in consultation with the most representative trade union organizations.
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2661Peru358791
  1. The Committee has considered it useful to refer to the Consultation (Industrial and National Levels) Recommendation, 1960 (No. 113), Paragraph 1 of which provides that measures should be taken to promote effective consultation and cooperation between public authorities and employers and workers organizations without discrimination of any kind against these organizations. In accordance with Paragraph 5 of the Recommendation, such consultation should aim at ensuring that the public authorities seek the views, advice and assistance of these organizations, particularly in the preparation and implementation of laws and regulations affecting their interests.
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2254Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)3501666
2476Cameroon350313
2575Mauritius349955
2654Canada356362
2951Cameroon370189
3039Denmark373264
3039Denmark37837
3155Bosnia and Herzegovina378104
Digest: 20061068
  1. As reaffirmed by the Declaration of Philadelphia, the war against want requires to be carried on with unrelenting vigour within each nation, and by continuous and concerted international effort in which the representatives of workers and employers, enjoying equal status with those of governments, join with them in free discussion and democratic decision with a view to the promotion of the common welfare.
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Digest: 20061069
  1. Tripartite consultation should take place before the Government submits a draft to the Legislative Assembly or establishes a labour, social or economic policy.
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29683681021
2917 3681021
2930El Salvador367732
2945Lebanon368606
2980El Salvador368320
3054El Salvador375327
3118Australia377184
3155Bosnia and Herzegovina378104
Digest: 20061070
  1. It is important that consultations take place in good faith, confidence and mutual respect, and that the parties have sufficient time to express their views and discuss them in full with a view to reaching a suitable compromise. The Government must also ensure that it attaches the necessary importance to agreements reached between workers and employers organizations.
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2183354987
2177 354987
2254Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)3501666
2254Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)368981
2254Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)378849
2502Greece34894
2575Mauritius349955
2654Canada356362
2684Ecuador354829
2699Uruguay3561383
3155Bosnia and Herzegovina378104
Digest: 20061071
  1. It is for trade unions to appoint their own representatives to consultative bodies.
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2714Democratic Republic of the Congo3571119
  1. The suspension by the labour authority of its collaboration with a trade union organization is not likely to ensure peaceful industrial relations.
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3085Algeria375100
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