I. Background and purpose The ILO is seeking to contract a qualified consultant to conduct a support a review of the current labour legislation of Guyana. The result of the review is a technical report (See Section 4 on deliverables below for details). This report is expected to be a technical input to further consideration towards a possible reform of the labour legislation. A list of current Acts on labour and employment of Guyana is in Annex I. Many of these Acts and their subsidiary legislation, if not all, need improvement, as they do not always meet the requirements of today’s work environment. Therefore, there is a need for reform of the labour legislative framework. In addition, the ILO’s Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) has been referring to the need to amend some of the Guyanese labour laws. The Committee has also been encouraging or supporting the Government to take action for legal reform in certain areas. For instance: • Public Utility Undertakings and Public Health Services (Arbitration) Act, as amended in 2009 • Immigration Act, Cap 14:02, Expulsion of Undesirables Act, Cap 14:05 • Equal Rights Act No. 19 of 1990 • Employment of Young Persons and Children Act • Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act of 1998, Combatting of Trafficking in Persons Act of 2005, and penalties for engaging children under the age of 18 years in hazardous work As the first step towards labour law reform process, a comprehensive review and analysis of the current Guyanese labour laws was proposed. The review would provide a “list of issues” that adumbrates the legal issues that should be addressed in the reform process that would follow. The review is thus viewed as a set of technical contributions to the reform initiative, wherein the tripartite stakeholders will engage in discussions to assess and define the necessary modifications to the legislation. This process will be guided by the findings