Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Belarus (Ratification: 1979)

The Committee notes the observations of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP), received on 31 August 2024.

Articles 3, 4, 6 and 8 of the Convention. Consultations with social partners. The Committee takes note of the BKDP’s observations pointing out the lack of proper consultation with representatives of employees, as required by various Articles of the Convention, including Articles 3, 4 and 6. The BKDP further indicates that all Belarusian independent trade unions, including the BKDP, were unlawfully liquidated, and the Government intentionally engages only with pro-government trade unions. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in this respect.