Report on Convention no 98 concerning right to organise and collective bargaining, 1949

NORWAY

R E P O R T

for the period ending 31 May 2004, made by the Government of Norway, in accordance with article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation on the measures taken to give effect to the provisions of the

Convention no. 98 concerning right to organise and collective bargaining, 1949

ratification of which was registered on 17 February 1955

I

Reference is made to previous reports.

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Reference is made to previous reports.

Observation 2001 – Norway

The Committee requests information on any developments in respect of the proposals made by the national committee which was appointed to review the system of collective bargaining and the settlement of industrial disputes. As to the public hearing of the committee’s report and the subsequent bill from the Government put forward to the Storting, we refer to Norway’s report of 2002 on Con. No. 87. As stated there the Government did not follow the proposal that the state mediator should be granted powers to order a vote among workers’ and employers’ organisations. Furthermore, the regulations concerning linkage of ballots were amended, so that the mediator may only link ballots of the parties concerned give their concent. The adopted amendments in the Labour Disputes Act came into force on 1 January 2003.

III

Reference is made to Norway’s report of 2002 on Con. No. 87.

IV

Reference is made to previous reports.

V

Reference is made to previous reports.

VI

This report will be communicated to the Social Partners in Norway .

Oslo, August 2004