Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Referring also to its observation and noting the announcement in the new Labour Code of several regulatory texts for its application, the Committee requests the Government to keep the ILO informed of the state of progress of the decree concerning the other aspects of supervisory powers of labour inspectors laid down in section 239 as well as on the other texts provided in sections 55, 63, 75, 93, 100, 135 and 245.

Article 17. The Committee requests the Government to indicate in what manner effect is given or envisaged to this provision under which labour inspection services in agriculture shall be associated in the preventive control of new plant, new substances and new methods of handling or processing products which appear likely to constitute a threat to health or safety.

Article 19. The Committee requests the Government to supply detailed information on the procedure for notifying occupational accidents and cases of occupational disease occurring in the agricultural sector, and to indicate in particular whether labour inspectors are informed of them and in what way and, finally, to provide clarification on the follow-up given by the labour inspection service to such information. The Government is requested to supply copies of all relevant legal texts and administrative documents.

Article 20(c) of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to take measures to ensure that full effect in law is given to this important provision under which inspectors should not only treat as confidential the source of any complaint concerning a defect, a danger in working processes, or a breach of legal provisions (section 236 of the Labour Code), but shall also abstain from giving any intimation to the employer or his representative that an inspection visit was made in consequence of the receipt of a complaint. The Committee trusts that the information on such measures, the aim of which is to guarantee the existence of suitable conditions for the establishment of an atmosphere of trust between workers and the labour inspection service and greater effectiveness of investigations, will be communicated to the ILO in the near future.