Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2007, publiée 97ème session CIT (2008)

Articles 6 and 11 of the Convention. Conditions of service of inspectors and means of action available to the labour inspectorate. Further to its previous comments on the need to offer pay and working conditions able to attract and maintain in the profession staff who are competent and have the necessary independence to perform their duties, the Committee notes with satisfaction from the Government’s report received in October 2006 that labour inspectors’ salaries were increased by 21 per cent in 2005, that certain allowances for conditions and length of service have also been increased and that incentives are provided for state inspectors to upgrade their skills. The Committee notes with interest that the amount of resources allocated to duty travel and inspection trips was increased in 2006, and that considerable resources were allocated to improving material and technical equipment, including the renewal of the service vehicles and the purchase of modern computer and office equipment. It hopes that the Government will be able to continue to take measures for the improvement of labour inspectors’ conditions of service and work, given the country’s other priorities and in accordance with the availability of resources, and that it will keep the Office informed.

A request on another point is being addressed directly to the Government.