Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 357, June 2010

Case No 2096 (Pakistan) - Complaint date: 06-AUG-00 - Follow-up

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 50. The Committee last examined this case at its November 2009 meeting [see 355th Report, paras 103–105]. On that occasion the Committee, while noting with interest the Government’s statement concerning the amendment of the Banking Companies Act, regretted that the Government had failed to submit its comments with respect to the other outstanding issues. It once again requested the Government to provide a copy of the report of the inquiry which revealed that none of the ex-employees of the United Bank Limited (UBL) had been dismissed for anti-union motives, as well as to specify the members of the inquiry and indicate whether the UBL employees’ trade union, whose members had been dismissed, was appropriately consulted.
2. 51. In a communication dated 11 November 2009, the UBL Employees Union states that the Government has not taken steps to resolve the present case: no measures have been taken in respect of the dismissed trade union leaders in UBL or the reform of the Banking Companies Act.
3. 52. In a communication of 4 March 2010, the Government repeats its previous indication that a bill to repeal section 27-B of the Banking Companies Act had been moved to the Senate. In a communication of 8 April 2010, the Government attaches a copy of the draft Banking Companies (Amendment) Bill.
4. 53. The Committee notes the information provided by the UBL Employees Union concerning the lack of progress in resolving the present case. In this regard, the Committee regrets to note that the Government provides no information with respect to its previous recommendations, apart from repeating its previous indication that the draft Banking Companies (Amendment) Bill, which repeals section 27-B of the Banking Companies Act, had been moved to the Senate. The Committee urges the Government to give effect without delay to its longstanding recommendations with respect to the repeal of section 27-B of the Banking Companies Act and expects that the Banking Companies (Amendment) Bill will be adopted without delay. It also once again urges the Government to provide a copy of the report of the inquiry which revealed that none of the ex-employees of the UBL had been dismissed for anti-union motives, as well as to specify the members of the inquiry and indicate whether the UBL employees’ trade union, whose members had been dismissed, was appropriately consulted.