Employers' Handbook on ILO Standards-related Activities

Calendar
November
(Year 1)/
March
(Year 2)
September
(Year 2)
March
(Year 3)
April
(Year 3)
November/
December
(Year 3)
March
(Year 4)
June
(Year 4)
ILO/government action
THE SUPERVISION OF ILS
Regular supervision – obligation to report on the position of law and practice
regarding unratified Conventions and Recommendations
GB selects a group of Conventions
(and accompanying Recommendations)
on which nonratifying
governments will be
requested to report.
ILO sends a request for reports
on the selected instruments, including
report forms, to governments;
govern-ments are to
consult employers’ and workers’
organizations on their
replies.
ILO sends letter to national employers’
and workers’ organizations
informing them, among
other things, about the above
obligations of their government.
Deadline for government reports;
copies of the reports are
to be sent to employers’ and
workers’ organizations.
Committee of Experts makes
the “General Survey”.
Publication of the “General Survey”.
Applications Committee of the
ILC discusses the “General survey”.
Employer involvement/
action
Employer members in the
GB engage in the discussion
on the selection of Conventions
and Recommendations
for reporting.
Employers give their views
and suggestions on the reply
to be sent by their government;
they may also send
their comments on the selected
instruments directly to
the ILO.
Employers are in a position
to remind their government
of its reporting obligation, if
necessary.
Employer spokesman in
the Applications Committee
participates in a special sitting
of the Committee of Experts.
Employers prepare their
comments on the “General
Survey” for the ILC.
Employer delegates to the
ILC participate in the discussion
of the the “General Survey”
in the Applications
Committee.
free at any time to send their comments on the application of ratified Conventions to
the ILO. These comments will be duly considered by the ILO supervisory organs.
Employers and workers can thus actively contribute to making the information base of
ILO regular supervision as complete, relevant and reliable as possible.
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