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Labour Advisory Board Report 2017-2018 - Chapter 6

  1. Membership
  2. Labour Advisory Board
  3. Activities in the 2017-2018 Term
  4. Committee on Employees’ Compensation
  5. Committee on Employment Services
  6. Committee on the Implementation of International Labour Standards
  7. Committee on Labour Relations
  8. Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  9. Appendices

Committee on the Implementation of International Labour Standards

6.1 Introduction

In 1976, the International Labour Conference adopted the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention (No. 144) which aims to promote tripartite consultations among governments, employers and workers on matters related to the formulation, review and implementation of international labour standards. This Convention was applied to Hong Kong with modification in 1978. In relation to the application of this Convention, the Committee on the Implementation of International Labour Standards (CIILS) was set up in the same year on the advice of the Labour Advisory Board (LAB).

6.2 Terms of Reference

CIILS is established to:

  • advise on appropriate declarations to be made in respect of the application of International Labour Conventions (ILCs) in the Hong Kong
    Special Administrative Region (HKSAR);
  • advise on appropriate measures to be taken to promote the implementation of, or where appropriate, to improve the declarations in respect of, ILCs with the declaration of “applied with modification”;
  • advise on questions arising out of the reports to be made to the
    International Labour Office (IL Office); and
  • advise on government replies to questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the International Labour Conference and government comments on proposed texts to be discussed by the Conference.

6.3 Composition

Members of CIILS are appointed by the Commissioner for Labour. The composition of the committee for the 2017-2018 term is as follows:

The membership list of CIILS for the 2017-2018 term is at Appendix III.

6.4 Activities during the 2017-2018 Term

During the 2017-2018 term, CIILS undertook the following activities:

Reports on ILCs

In accordance with Article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, the HKSAR is required to submit reports on the application of ILCs as requested by IL Office. Reports on 12 and two ILCs were submitted respectively in 2017 and 2018. All the reports were forwarded to CIILS members for comments before they were communicated to IL Office.

A list of reports on ILCs which were considered by CIILS during the 2017-2018 term is at Appendix VII.

Consultations on the Application of ILCs in the HKSAR

CIILS provided advice on the application of ILCs in the HKSAR. As at 31 December 2018, a total of 31 ILCs were applied to the HKSAR. Among them, 21 were applied without modification (i.e. all provisions of a Convention were fully implemented in the HKSAR) and 10 were applied with modifications (i.e. a Convention was implemented in the HKSAR with modification(s) in some provisions to suit local conditions).