Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Saint Kitts and Nevis (Ratification: 2000)

Tripartite consultations required under the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s reports received in November 2009 and October 2010. It notes the Government’s information indicating that the National Tripartite Committee on International Standards was previously expected to be institutionalized by the end of 2009 but is now expected to be institutionalized by the end of 2010. The Government reports that it and the social partners participated in a two-day session in May 2010 on the Decent Work Country Programmes, at which strengthening tripartism and social dialogue was discussed. It further indicates that the Department of Labour has submitted the instruments adopted at various sessions of the Conference to the tripartite members and to the Ministry of Labour (Article 5(1)(b) of the Convention). The Committee invites the Government to supply further information on the tripartite consultations held, especially within the National Tripartite Committee on International Labour Standards, on the matters regarding international labour standards covered by the Convention. It further requests the Government to provide examples of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations held under the established procedures. The Committee requests specific information on the tripartite consultations held on questionnaires concerning items of the agenda of the Conference and on the preparation of reports on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(a) and (d)).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2011.]