Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Sri Lanka (Ratification: 1994)

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. Further to its observation of 2004, the Committee notes the Government’s statement in its report received in September 2006 that national-level tripartite consultations take place in the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC), where the most representative organizations of workers and employers are members. The NLAC, chaired by the Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment, meets monthly and members are able to express their views on the items of the agenda and put forward proposals for the future agenda. The Committee notes with interest the annual report on tripartite consultations concerning international labour standards attached to the Government’s report. It notes in particular that, on 26 April 2006, a national tripartite consultation was held on the ratification of the Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150). The Committee invites the Government to keep it informed of the follow-up to these consultations and to continue to provide information on the consultations held, particularly in the NLAC, on each of the items listed at Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, during the period covered by the next report.