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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Republic of Moldova (Ratification: 1996)

Article 5(1) of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Government refers to the National Commission for Consultations and Collective Bargaining (CNCNC), which has an advisory role in developing socio-economic strategies and policies and in the settlement of conflict situations between the social partners at national, branch and territorial levels. In this context, the Government informs that the CNCNC has discussed the ratification and implementation of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190). On 28 December 2023, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova adopted Draft Law 490/2023 for the ratification of this Convention, which entered into force for the country as of 19 March 2024. The Government also informs that the CNCNC has discussed the pertinence of ratification of the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156), and the elaboration of a study on this issue with the support of the ILO. In addition, the Committee notes from the information on the website of the CNCNC that, at the meeting of 30 January 2025, the CNCNC has discussed the opportunity of ratifying the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189). The Government further states that the ILO questionnaires, such as the questionnaire on protection against biological hazards and the questionnaire regarding the work on digital economic platforms, were consulted with the social partners by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide detailed updated information on the tripartite consultations held on all the matters listed in Article 5(1) of the Convention, including the proposals to be made to the competent authority or authorities in connection with the submission of Conventions and Recommendations pursuant to article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization; and, on questions arising out of reports to be made to the International Labour Office under article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization (Article 5(1)(b) and (d)). In particular, observing that 18 instruments adopted by the International Labour Conference between 2004 and 2025 are yet to be submitted to the competent authority, the Committee asks the Government to inform about any consultations carried out in this respect in compliance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Convention.