Labour/Management Programme (LMP), 2006

Formal relations between the OECD and representatives of trade unions and of business and industry in Member countries are conducted through two organisations officially recognised by the OECD Council. These are the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) and the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC). In addition to various forms of policy discussion throughout the year, arrangements provide for meetings at the technical level, which do not engage the responsibility of the organisations. Such meetings are held either in the form of ad hoc discussions with the Secretariat, or under the Labour/Management Programme in the form of meetings devoted to specific themes.

After meetings held under the Programme, a rapporteur draws up a report of the discussion on his own responsibility, for distribution to the social partners and to the relevant OECD Committees. The opinions expressed in such reports are those of the rapporteur, except where they are specifically attributed to individual participants, and do not necessarily reflect the views of other participants or of the OECD.

• 23 January 2006, Meeting of Management and Trade Union Experts on Implementing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: The Role of Trade Unions (Report)

This meeting examined the role of trade unions in implementing the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention).
The aim of the meeting was to increase awareness of bribery and corruption and its implications for trade unions, as well as to improve awareness of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and other anti-corruption instruments and their relevance to trade unions.
It also sought to improve understanding of the trade union role in supporting the Convention and other anti-corruption activities, and identified trade union priorities and resource needs in this area.

Background document by Kirstine Drew of UNICORN.

Presentations available:

United against Corruption

Monitoring the Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

• 1 March 2006, Joint Meeting of Management and Trade Union Experts on Implementing the OECD Environmental Strategy (Report)

A review of progress in implementing the OECD Environmental Strategy in 2004 found that OECD environment ministers would increasingly need to work together with their colleagues in other ministries and other countries, as well as with partners from business and civil society, to ensure that appropriate environmental policies can be developed and implemented.

Background document

Presentations available:

Industrial relations and sustainable development, R. Armand

The Aluminium Industry’s Sustainability Programme, R. Chase

Energy Efficiency starts at home!, M. Dürr

International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions, R. Green

Country Implementation of the OECD Environmental Strategy, L. Lorentsen

Government frameworks: the Spanish Climate Change Agreement, J. Nieto

Good Practice Guidance for Biodiversity, A. Parsons

The Role of Workplace Initiatives, J. Rudling

 

• 6 July 2006, LMP Joint Meeting of Trade Union and OECD Experts on Globalisation and Corporate Income Tax (Descriptive note and draft agenda)

The Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) presented recent trends in corporate tax reforms in OECD countries and measures addressing harmful tax practices. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) presented its 2006 Report on Corporate Income Tax. The meeting is part of the OECD Labour and Management Programme and is by invitation only.

Presentations available:

Corporate Taxation, Presentation, Kristian Weise, ICFTU

Recent developments and trends in corporate taxation in OECD countries, Steven Clark