Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2001, publiée 90ème session CIT (2002)

Referring also to its previous observation, the Committee notes that the Government reiterates its request for technical assistance with a view to strengthening the capacity of the labour administration. It also notes that the Government has communicated the observation formulated by the Union of Autonomous Comorian Workers’ Organizations (USATC) concerning the implementation of the Convention as well as the Government’s reply to the issues raised.

According to the USATC, the Government is not granting the labour inspectorate the status it deserves in view of the importance of its task. It stresses, in this regard, the need to grant a larger budget to the labour inspectorate in order to make it operational. The union also suggests that specific projects should be prepared and implemented with support from the ILO and the Regional Programme for the Promotion of Social Dialogue in French-speaking Africa (PRODIAF), in order to strengthen the human resources capacity of the labour inspectorate and social partners.

The Government recognizes the relevance of the USATC observation regarding the need to strengthen organizational capacity and boost the training of labour inspectors and social partners. The Committee notes the Government’s hope of achieving this through technical assistance from the ILO and from PRODIAF. The Committee hopes that the Government has taken the necessary steps to this end and that it will provide information in its next report on the results achieved. It would also be grateful if it would gather and communicate to the ILO, as expressed in its previous observation, data available on legislation and on human and material resources available to the labour inspectorate, and indicate the state structures and, where appropriate, private structures exercising direct competence in the field of inspection or cooperating therein.