Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 1998, Publicación: 87ª reunión CIT (1999)

The Committee notes the Government's reply to its previous comments as well as the annual reports of 1993 and 1996 from the Department of Industrial Safety of the Ministry of Labour and the 1996 report of the Department of Industrial Health. It requests the Government to provide further information and clarification on the following points:

Articles 3(a), 20 and 21 of the Convention. The Committee notes that there were 8,868 inspection visits in 1993 as indicated in the Government's report (1995). This appears to reflect the number of inspection visits in the field of industrial safety by the Department of Industrial Safety as mentioned in the Department's 1993 annual report. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on inspection activities to enforce the Employment Act of 1968, as amended. The Committee further requests the Government to provide full particulars on inspection activities in commercial workplaces, as previously requested.