Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2007, Publicación: 97ª reunión CIT (2008)

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 with interest the Government’s first report received in January 2004. It appreciates the information provided by the Government on the effect given to each of the provisions of the Convention in response to the questions contained in the report form. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide further information in its next report on the following points.

1. Legislation. The Committee notes the provisions of Chapters XIV (Labour Administration) and XV (Consultative Labour Committee) of the 1997 Labour Code. It has also examined the Anukret of 4 October 1999, relating to the organization and functioning of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Labour, Vocational Training and Youth Rehabilitation. The Committee notes that the Government does not refer to this document in its report; it requests the Government to inform it whether it is still in force (Part I of the report form).

2. Effective functioning of the labour administration. Please indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure coordination between the different labour administration departments, both at the central and provincial level (Article 4 of the Convention). Please provide detailed information on the means, principally budgetary, available to the Ministry of Labour and its provincial bodies to fulfil the objectives assigned to them (Article 9).

3. Tripartite cooperation. The Committee notes with interest that, under the terms of the provisions of Chapter XV of the Labour Code, a consultative labour committee, possessing its own permanent secretariat, has been set up under the charge of the Minister of Labour. The Committee requests the Government to transmit the Anukret determining the composition and functioning of the committee in application of section 352 of the Labour Code. Moreover, please provide examples of questions included on the committee’s agenda, specifying the opinions issued and the way in which they were taken into account (Article 5).

4. Employment policy. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide as detailed information as possible on the preparation, implementation and assessment of the national employment policy in its next reports on the application of Convention No. 122, taking into account the Committee’s comments under this Convention (Article 6, paragraph 2(a)).

5. Working and employment conditions. Please continue to provide information on labour inspection activities, both with regard to supervising work and employment conditions and making advice available to employers and workers (Article 6, paragraph 2(b) to (d)).

6. Gradual extension of the labour administration system. Please specify whether measures have been taken or envisaged to extend the functions of the labour administration system to cover certain categories of workers who are not employed persons, such as those referred to in Article 7(a) to (d) of the Convention.

7. International labour relations. Please continue to provide information on the activities of the unit working under the Minister for International Cooperation in the field of labour affairs. Please specify the way in which representatives of employers and workers on the consultative labour committee are consulted in practice when the Kingdom of Cambodia participates in the activities of the ILO, in accordance with section 358 of the Labour Code (Article 8).

8. Staff of the labour administration system. Please give particulars concerning the recruitment of the staff of the labour administration system, their composition, status and conditions of service, and their training. Please also describe the material means and financial resources furnished for the performance of their duties (Article 10).

9. Technical cooperation. Please continue to provide information on technical cooperation activities carried out by the ILO with regard to labour administration, indicating the expected or reported effects (Part V of the report form).