Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

The Committee notes with interest the Government’s report received in January 2007 containing detailed information on the manner in which effect is given to the Convention. In order for the Committee to be able to assess the level of application of the Convention in both law and practice, it would be grateful if the Government would supplement that information by providing particulars in response to its previous request concerning the following points:

–      Article 8 of the Convention: the proportion of women within the labour inspection staff at each level of responsibility and the special tasks assigned to them, if any;

–      Articles 10 and 21(c): the geographical distribution of labour inspectors, the number of workplaces liable to inspection and the number of persons employed therein;

–      Article 11: the distribution of vehicles among the various regional inspection offices and the communication of Order No. 148 of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of 5 June 2000 concerning the reimbursement of labour inspectors in respect of travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties;

–      Article 12, paragraph 1(a): the extent of the labour inspector’s right to enter at night workplaces liable to inspection, including outside the normal hours of work of those workplaces;

–      Article 12, paragraph 1(c)(i): the labour inspector’s right to interrogate, either alone or in the presence of witnesses, the employer or his representative and the staff of the undertaking on any matters relating to the labour inspection visit;

–      Article 18: the adoption of regulatory texts to apply the provisions of sections 262, 263 and 419 of the Labour Code, with an indication of the substance of any such texts;

–      Articles 20 and 21: the obligation of the central inspection authority to publish and communicate to the ILO an annual activity report containing the information required under Article 21, clauses (a) to (g), including on inspection activities relating to combating child labour;

–      Part V of the report form: the obligation to communicate to the representative organizations of employers and workers a copy of the Government’s report on the application of the Convention, in accordance with article 23, paragraph 2, of the ILO Constitution.

Moreover, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide copies of any document of a legislative, regulatory or administrative nature, any periodical inspection report or extract thereof, any joint report prepared by the inspection services with the health services, Mines Inspection Agency or Nuclear Control Agency, or of any advisory body working session report concerning the matters covered by the Convention, illustrating the manner in which effect is given, in practice, to the abovementioned provisions. The Government is also requested to indicate whether comments on the manner in which the Convention is applied have been formulated by employers’ and workers’ organizations and, if so, to communicate a copy thereof.

Articles 12, 13 and 19. Finally, the Committee asks the Government to provide copies of inspection reports concerning publicly managed establishments, as well as establishments managed by private employers.