Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Background -- Part I: Trade union rights and facilities in the public administration -- I. Scope of the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151) -- II. Civil and political rights accorded to public employees -- Introduction -- The scope of the civil and political rights accordedto public employees -- III. Protection against acts of anti-union discrimination and interference -- IV. Facilities to be afforded to the representatives of recognized public employees' organizations -- Introduction -- ILO standards -- Concept of representatives of recognized public employees' organizations -- Functions of workers' organizationsand workers' representatives -- Methods of application of the Convention -- Facilities granted to workers' representatives: reference to Recommendation No. 143 -- Nature, number and scope of facilities -- Collection of trade union dues, time off without loss of wages or social and fringe benefits, prompt access to management and access to the workplace -- Material facilities -- The granting of facilities must not impair the efficient operation of the administrationor service concerned -- Withdrawal of facilities -- Facilities afforded to trade union representatives and representativeness -- V. Procedures for determining terms and conditions of employment other than collective bargaining -- The variety of national consultation systems -- The coexistence of consultation and bargaining procedures -- Consultations in bodies composed of neutral or independent persons -- Consultations in the absence of a specific body -- Consultative bodies of general competence -- Specific public service consultative bodies -- The parties to and the subjects covered by consultation -- Representatives of public employeesfor consultation purposes -- Subjects covered by consultation.

Part II: Collective bargaining in the public service -- I. Advantages of collective bargaining in the public service -- II. Developments in public administration -- III. ILO standards on collective bargaining and their evolution -- IV. Special bargaining modalities in the public service -- V. Scope of Convention No. 154 and methods of application of Conventions Nos 151and 154 -- VI. Concept of collective bargaining, parties to bargaining and nature of collective agreements -- VII. Good faith, representativeness and recognition of organizations -- VIII. Autonomy of the parties to collective bargaining and the principle of non-interference -- IX. Collective bargaining procedures -- X. Content of collective bargaining and progressive application -- XI. Collective bargaining on public employees' remuneration and the state budget -- XII. Collective bargaining and the economic crisis -- XIII. Bargaining level and coordination of levels -- XIV. Examples of collective bargaining systems -- XV. Period of validity of collective agreements -- XVI. Promotion of collective bargaining -- Prior consultation on the measures to betaken to promote collective bargaining -- Right to information -- Training for the parties to collective bargaining and for negotiators -- XVII. Coverage of collective bargaining in practice -- Part III: Dispute settlement in the public service -- Part IV: Positive developments and difficulties for ratification -- Part V: Observations made by employers' and workers' organizations -- Workers' organizations -- Employers' organizations -- General conclusions and final observations -- Appendices -- Appendix I: Conventions and Recommendations -- Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention,1978 (No. 151) -- Labour Relations (Public Service) Recommendation, 1978 (No. 159) -- Collective Bargaining Recommendation, 1981(No. 163).

Appendix II: Report form -- Appendix III: Ratifications -- Appendix IV: Countries that sent a report under article 19 of the Constitution of the ILO -- Appendix V: Organizations that made comments on the Conventions under review.