Internationally recognised core labour standards in Albania
- Document number
- 2330
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Internationally recognised core labour standards in Albania
- Author/publisher
- International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis,
- Summary
Despite having ratified all eight core ILO labour Conventions, there are limitations on the rights to strike for civil servants in Albania, and members of the military and senior government officials are prohibited from joining unions. The report finds that anti-union discrimination is a problem, and as a response to a recent law on the expropriation of trade unions’ properties, the two ITUC affiliated organisations (KSSH and BSPSH) have sent a formal letter of complaint to the ILO Committee on Freedom Association stating that the government’s plans to nationalise trade union headquarters are contrary to Conventions 87 and 98.
With regard to discrimination in employment, the report highlights that the principle of equal pay for work of equal value is not applied in practice and that well-educated women are often discriminated against and have to work outside their field of training.
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