Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Nepal (Ratification: 1995)

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. In its 2016 direct request, the Committee requested the Government to report on the measures taken to promote tripartite consultations on international labour standards, and the frequency and nature of such consultations. In addition, the Committee requested the Government to provide full particulars on the content and outcome of tripartite consultations held in respect of Article 5(1) of the Convention. The Government reports that the mechanisms and procedures for tripartite consultations include: the Central Labour Advisory Council, the Minimum Wage Fixation Committee, the Labour Coordination Committee and the International Labour Standards Reporting Committee. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that representatives of the tripartite constituents are invited and involved in discussing reporting requirements, commissioning studies on unratified Conventions and determining the Government’s response and comments at the International Labour Conference. In respect to the frequency in which the tripartite consultations are held, the Government indicates that, in 2018, there were 46 meetings. The Committee notes that the agenda of the 106th and 107th International Labour Conferences were shared among the constituents and consultations were also held on the Government’s proposed comments. In addition, the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), the Forced Labour (Supplementary Measures) Recommendation, 2014 (No. 203), and the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204), were shared and discussed among the constituents. Tripartite consultations were also held during the reporting period regarding the reports to be made to the ILO on the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), the Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14), the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131), the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144), the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105), the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202) and the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) (Article 5(1)(d)). The Government indicates that a total of 20 tripartite consultations were held in 2016 and 2017 on Convention No. 155 and the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205). The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken to promote tripartite consultations on international labour standards. The Committee further requests that the Government provide updated detailed information on the content and outcome of tripartite consultations held on all matters concerning international labour standards covered by the Convention, particularly with regard to submission to the competent authorities of Conventions and Recommendations (Article 5(1)(b)), the re-examination of unratified Conventions and of Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given (Article 5(1)(c)), and on reports on ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)).