Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Honduras (Ratification: 2012)

The Committee notes the observations of the Honduran National Business Council (COHEP), forwarded and supported by the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), which were received on 28 August 2015.

Articles 2(1) and 5(1) of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes that the Government refers in its report to the invitations sent concerning the establishment of a tripartite committee with the objective of discussing and preparing the reports for 2015 on ratified Conventions and providing a consensual reply to the questionnaire concerning the Employment (Transition from War to Peace) Recommendation, 1944 (No. 71). The Government also indicates that the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204), was submitted to the National Congress and that no tripartite consultations have been considered regarding the re-examination of unratified Conventions or Recommendations to which no effect has been given. COHEP indicates that for the first time the Ministry of Labour and Social Security issued a tripartite invitation to the sectors to respond to the reports for 2015. COHEP adds that it is hoped that this practice will be maintained, taking into consideration the observations made by the various sectors. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on the consultations held on the matters relating to international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention.

Article 4. Training. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that, in response to the Committee’s invitation to examine, together with the social partners, the possibility of having recourse to the Office to examine ways in which the Government might receive advice and assistance on the areas covered by the Convention, it will reach a consensus with the social partners so that the capacities of the members of the Economic and Social Council (CES) and of those in the Technical Secretariat will continue to be strengthened. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any progress made in this area.