Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Armenia (Ratification: 2005)

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in July 2013 and the observations made by the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia (RUEA), the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia (CTUA). The Government indicates that in recent years progress has been made on social partnership at the national level. The Committee notes the issues discussed in 2012 by the National Tripartite Committee which included mandatory insurance against occupational accidents and diseases and the 2013–18 draft Strategy on Employment in the Republic of Armenia. The RUEA indicates that the social partners’ suggestions regarding issues discussed at the National Tripartite Committee very often are not included in the legal acts presented to the National Assembly. Moreover, the Committee notes a communication received in 2012 from the CTUA indicating that consultations related to international labour standards mentioned in Article 5(1) of the Convention were not held. The CTUA adds that it addressed a request to the Government to consider the ratification of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), the Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 (No. 184), and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187). The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report detailed information on the content and outcome of the consultations held on each of the matters concerning international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention, including consultations to re-examine the prospects of ratification of unratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(c)).