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Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Publication and content of the annual labour inspection report. Further to its previous comments regarding the obligation to publish and send to the ILO an annual report on the work of the inspection services and its results, the Committee notes the Government’s commitment to take the necessary steps to ensure the publication of such a report in 2011. The Committee requests the Government to ensure that a copy of this report will be sent to the ILO as soon as possible and to inform the Office, in its next report on the application of the Convention, of any comments received from employers’ or workers’ organizations on the content thereof.
Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Publication and content of the annual report on labour inspection activities. The Committee notes that, in reply to its request for information on the publication of the annual inspection report, the Government indicates that the Chief Health and Safety Inspector produces the report as an internal document as a means of recording progress with the Health and Safety Inspectorate’s workplan. It adds that statistics are supplied upon request to other government departments, political authorities or any other interested parties. The Committee wishes to emphasize that, in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention, an annual general report on the work of the inspection services has to be published. As it indicated in paragraph 331 of its General Survey of 2006 on labour inspection, publication of the annual report is intended to ensure the necessary transparency with regard to the resources, activities, difficulties and results of labour inspection. This gives the social partners and the public and private bodies concerned, including non‑governmental organizations, the opportunity to better understand the work and objectives of the labour inspectorate, as well as the problems it faces, and to contribute their views as to how it can be improved. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will not fail to take measures to ensure that full effect is given to the relevant provisions of the Convention and to keep the Office informed of any progress achieved in this respect.
Publication of the annual inspection report. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee notes that the annual inspection report for 2003-04 transmitted by the Government now contains the statistics required under Article 21(c) of the Convention on the number of workplaces liable to inspection and the number of workers covered. It would be grateful to the Government if it would indicate the way in which this annual report is published, in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention.
The Committee notes the Government’s report and the statement that the inspection reports in matters of health and safety could not be produced for 2000 and 2001 due to the reorganization of the system of data collection and analysis. It hopes that very soon inspection reports will once again be regularly published and transmitted to the Office.
With reference to its previous comments the Committee notes that the Government does not specify the date of the most recent figures pertaining to the number of workers covered by the Health and Safety (Reporting of Injuries, etc.), Order 1992 and that there are no statistics of the number of workplaces liable to labour inspection as prescribed by the Convention. As such information is essential to an assessment by the Government and the social partners and also by the Committee of the extent to which the Convention is applied, the Government is requested to take the necessary measures to ensure that such information is included in the annual inspection reports in the future, together with the other information specified by Article 21 of the Convention.
With reference to its general observation of 1999, in which it emphasized the importance of the active involvement of labour inspectors in combating child labour, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would ensure that information on the results of labour inspection in this area is regularly included in the annual inspection reports.
The Committee takes note of the Government’s report, the annual inspection reports for 1999 and 2000 and the text of the 1930 Act respecting the employment of women, young people and children.
The Committee notes with interest the information contained in the report for 1999 concerning the publication by the labour inspectorate of a leaflet on protection of the head on building sites, which is intended to inform all interested parties of the relevant legal requirements, and the information given in the annual report for 2000 on the publication by the labour inspectorate of three safety and health manuals concerning specifically the reporting of accidents, illnesses and dangerous situations, commuting accidents, and the methodology for drawing up a statement of policy in safety and health.
At the same time, the Committee notes that the annual reports still include no information on the number of workplaces liable to labour inspection and the number of workers employed therein (Article 21(c)) of the Convention). The Committee also notes the absence of statistics on violations and penalties imposed (point (e)). The Government is asked to take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is included in future annual inspection reports.
The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:
The Committee notes the Government’s report, the copies of legislative texts relating to safety and health at work and the annual reports for 1997 and 1998 on inspection activities in respect of safety and health at work. It requests the Government to supply further information on the following matters.
Article 3, paragraph 1(a), of the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply information concerning labour inspection structures and activities in the fields mentioned by this provision, other than safety and health at work, such as duration of work, salaries and the employment of children and young persons.
Article 8. Noting the changes in the number of inspectors on safety and health at work, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the number and distribution by sex of labour inspectors carrying out activities in all the fields mentioned above and to specify in what way effect is given to this Article which provides, where necessary, that special duties may be assigned to men and women inspectors.
Articles 21(c) and (d). The Committee notes that the annual inspection reports communicated to the ILO do not contain statistics on the number of workplaces liable to inspection and the total number of workers employed there. It requests the Government to take the necessary steps for this information to be included in the next annual reports.
The Committee notes the Government's report, the copies of legislative texts relating to safety and health at work and the annual reports for 1997 and 1998 on inspection activities in respect of safety and health at work. It requests the Government to supply further information on the following matters.
Article 5. Noting the changes in the number of inspectors on safety and health at work, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the number and distribution by sex of labour inspectors carrying out activities in all the fields mentioned above and to specify in what way effect is given to this Article which provides, where necessary, that special duties may be assigned to men and women inspectors.
Articles 21 (c) and (d). The Committee notes that the annual inspection reports communicated to the ILO do not contain statistics on the number of workplaces liable to inspection and the total number of workers employed there. It requests the Government to take the necessary steps for this information to be included in the next annual reports.
Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Further to its previous direct request, the Committee notes that the Department of Local Government and the Environment have been actively considering ways of producing an annual inspection report as required. It recalls that no such report has been received since that for the period ending March 1986, although the Goverment's report on the Convention indicates that regular reports on the results of inspection work were submitted to the Department in conformity with Article 19. Please indicate the measures taken to ensure compliance with the Convention in this respect, and include full information in the next report. The Committee hopes that in future the annual reports will be published and communicated in due time.
Articles 20 and 21, of the Convention. The Committee notes that the annual reports of the Factory and Safety Department for 1986-87 and 1987-88 have not been received. It trusts that the Government will take the necessary measures to ensure that, in future, reports containing information on all the points set out in Article 21 will be published and transmitted to the International Labour Office within the time-limits set forth in Article 20.