Decision on the 21st item on the agenda: Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body Second report: Representation alleging non-observance by France of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), and the Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158),..

Record of decisions | 27 March 2017

Decision on the 21st item on the agenda: Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body

Second report: Representation alleging non-observance by France of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), and the Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158), made under article 24 of the ILO Constitution by the General Confederation of Labour–Force Ouvrière (CGT–FO) and the General Confederation of Labour (CGT)

In the light of the information contained in the report (document GB.329/INS/21/2), and on the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body decided that:

(a) the representation was receivable and set up a tripartite committee to examine the allegations that related to Convention No. 158;

(b) by virtue of article 3(2) of the Standing Orders, the allegations that related to Conventions dealing with trade union rights be referred to the Committee on Freedom of Association for examination in accordance with articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution.

(Document GB.329/INS/21/2, paragraph 5.)