Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Zambia (Ratification: 1978)

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report in response to its previous direct request. It notes that every effort is being made to enable the Tripartite Consultative Committee on the application of labour standards to resume its activities. The Committee notes that the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) had been ratified by the Government following consultations undertaken in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 1(c), of the Convention. Full details of these discussions were contained in the Government's previous report. The Committee also notes that consultations are continuing on the question of the ratification of the Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118). In this regard and also in respect of the consultations which, according to the Government, preceded the decision to denounce the Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45), and the Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 [and Protocol, 1990] (No. 89), the Committee notes that the Government's report is silent on this matter. The Committee therefore wishes to recall that, to enable full appreciation of the effect given to the Convention in practice, the Government is required to provide information as full and detailed as possible on the consultative procedures undertaken. The Committee trusts that the Government will take due note of its comments when preparing future reports.