Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Benin (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes that according to sections 256 and 257 of the Labour Code, in cases where conciliation fails, the dispute is submitted to compulsory arbitration. The Committee, however, notes that the time limit within which the arbitration council must render its decision is not specified. It also notes the observation of the Government that the provisions of section 256 have never given rise to a case in practice which would demonstrate the duration of these time limits.

The Committee notes that under section 12 of the Bill on the exercise of the right to strike, recourse to the mediator may in no way affect the pursuit of the strike. It requests the Government to specify whether the same holds true in cases of recourse to arbitration.

Finally, the Committee notes that section 23 of the Bill on reductions in wages as a result of strikes should not appear under Title V concerning sanctions, but simply as a consequence of the strike.