05 November 2009, 12:32
Mykhailo Papiev, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on the State Social Insurance, Development of the Social Partnership and Activity of the Citizens´ Associations, reminded that on 3 June of the current year the comparative table to the Bill on Social Dialogue in Ukraine were scrutinized. The Committee upheld it and recommended the Parliament adopt in the second reading and in its entirety.
According to him, before the scrutiny in the session hall, numerous remarks regarding the Bill were directed from the National Trade Union Organizations, especially independent ones.
The Chairman of the Sub-Committee announced that the experts of International Labour Organization emphasis that there is no beforehand established model of the representation. Hence the decision should be adopted on the national level taking into the consideration peculiar defined standards.
M. Papiev also declared that trade union organizations that are considered as non-representative are not supposed to be deprived of the right on protection of the labour interests and rights, organization of its activity etc.
M. Papiev also stressed the necessity of the immediate correcting of the bill on the social dialogue in Ukraine (Reg.№1440) for its introduction for the parliamentary scrutiny during the next week already.
Viktor Ivanykevych, Vice-Minister on Social Policy and Labour, emphasized that the social dialogue in Ukraine is rapidly developing. Today there are 136 trade unions, 15 trade associations and 21 whole Ukrainian employers´ association. According to his words, peculiar value gains the issue on representation and determining of the organizations of employers and employees representation during the collective bargaining and agreements conclusion and also during the formation of the divergent tripartite bodies that possessing certain authority during the adoption of such decisions.
The Vice-Minister deems that today it is necessary to search compromise taking into the consideration social and economic conditions of Ukraine.
The participants of the "round table" discussion stressed that the criteria of representation are necessary to be adopted only pursuant to the law and not farm out for the parties of the social dialogue.
V. Kara, Chairman of the Committee, summed up the discussion and suggested considering recommendations of the International Labour Organization during the elaboration of the bill for the second reading. V. Khara also declared that in case of adoption, the Law would become an important instrument of social dialogue improvement and facilitate regulation of labour, social and economic relations.