Collective bargaining in the public service : a way forward / International Labour Office.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Labour Conference, Corporate Author.

Conference Name:

International Labour Conference (102nd : 2013 : Geneva, Switzerland)

Series:

Report (International Labour Conference) ; 102nd session, III (Pt. 1B)

Report, 0074-6681 ; 102nd session, Report III (Part 1B)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective bargaining--Government employees.

Collective bargaining.

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

vii, 247 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

General survey concerning labour relations and collective bargaining in the public service : third item on the agenda : information and reports on the application of conventions and recommendations : report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19, 22 and 35 of the constitution)

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Organisation, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The General Survey seeks to give a global picture of the law and practice in member States in terms of the practical application of ratified and non-ratified Conventions, describing the various positive initiatives undertaken in some countries, in addition to certain serious problems encountered in the implementation of their provisions. The Survey covers all member States regardless of whether or not they have ratified.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Background

Part I: Trade union rights and facilities in the public administration

I. Scope of the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151)

II. Civil and political rights accorded to public employees

The scope of the civil and political rights accordedto public employees

III. Protection against acts of anti-union discrimination and interference

IV. Facilities to be afforded to the representatives of recognized public employees' organizations

ILO standards

Concept of representatives of recognized public employees' organizations

Functions of workers' organizationsand workers' representatives

Methods of application of the Convention

Facilities granted to workers' representatives: reference to Recommendation No. 143

Nature, number and scope of facilities

Collection of trade union dues, time off without loss of wages or social and fringe benefits, prompt access to management and access to the workplace

Material facilities

The granting of facilities must not impair the efficient operation of the administrationor service concerned

Withdrawal of facilities

Facilities afforded to trade union representatives and representativeness

V. Procedures for determining terms and conditions of employment other than collective bargaining

The variety of national consultation systems

The coexistence of consultation and bargaining procedures

Consultations in bodies composed of neutral or independent persons

Consultations in the absence of a specific body

Consultative bodies of general competence

Specific public service consultative bodies

The parties to and the subjects covered by consultation

Representatives of public employeesfor consultation purposes

Subjects covered by consultation.

Part II: Collective bargaining in the public service

I. Advantages of collective bargaining in the public service

II. Developments in public administration

III. ILO standards on collective bargaining and their evolution

IV. Special bargaining modalities in the public service

V. Scope of Convention No. 154 and methods of application of Conventions Nos 151and 154

VI. Concept of collective bargaining, parties to bargaining and nature of collective agreements

VII. Good faith, representativeness and recognition of organizations

VIII. Autonomy of the parties to collective bargaining and the principle of non-interference

IX. Collective bargaining procedures

X. Content of collective bargaining and progressive application

XI. Collective bargaining on public employees' remuneration and the state budget

XII. Collective bargaining and the economic crisis

XIII. Bargaining level and coordination of levels

XIV. Examples of collective bargaining systems

XV. Period of validity of collective agreements

XVI. Promotion of collective bargaining

Prior consultation on the measures to betaken to promote collective bargaining

Right to information

Training for the parties to collective bargaining and for negotiators

XVII. Coverage of collective bargaining in practice

Part III: Dispute settlement in the public service

Part IV: Positive developments and difficulties for ratification

Part V: Observations made by employers' and workers' organizations

Workers' organizations

Employers' organizations

General conclusions and final observations

Appendices

Appendix I: Conventions and Recommendations

Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention,1978 (No. 151)

Labour Relations (Public Service) Recommendation, 1978 (No. 159)

Collective Bargaining Recommendation, 1981(No. 163).

Appendix II: Report form

Appendix III: Ratifications

Appendix IV: Countries that sent a report under article 19 of the Constitution of the ILO

Appendix V: Organizations that made comments on the Conventions under review.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-2-126858-6

OCLC:

854520688