Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Articles 11 and 12 of the Convention. Use of crocidolite and the spraying of asbestos. Article 17(1) and (2). Demolition of plants or structures containing friable asbestos insulation materials. Article 24(4). Efforts made to provide workers unable to pursue their work for medical reasons with other means of maintaining their income. The Committee notes that in its report the Government does not provide the information requested in the previous comments and indicates that the Committee’s comments have been referred to the new authorities of the Occupational Safety and Health Directorate so that they may provide the relevant responses. The Committee refers to the comments it has made this year on the application of the Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148), in which it invites the Government to seek technical assistance from the Office for the preparation of reports and for a number of issues pertaining to the occupational safety and health Conventions. The Committee accordingly asks the Government to provide the information requested in the 2005 observation on the abovementioned Articles of the Convention.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. Article 5. Labour inspection services. The Committee requests the Government to make every effort to provide information on the practical application of the Convention, including reports supplied by the labour inspection service or other bodies responsible for enforcement of the Convention and the relevant regulations, so that the Committee can assess more fully the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice. Please provide, for example, general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied, including in the construction sector, to the extent possible.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2011.]