Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2007, publiée 97ème session 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 on the application of the Convention. In order to assess more accurately the effect given to the Convention, it would be grateful if the Government would provide in its next report additional information on the following points.

1. Organization of the system of labour administration. Please provide the organization chart for the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Please indicate the arrangements made to ensure the effective operation, and the coordination of the functions and responsibilities of the system of labour administration, in accordance with Article 4 of the Convention.

2. Tripartite consultation. Please provide examples of questions included on the agenda of the National Advisory Committee on Labour (NACOLA), indicating any opinions issued by the Committee and the manner in which they were taken into account (Article 5).

3. Employment policy. Please provide detailed information on the nature and volume of activities of the National Employment Service. Please indicate the progress made in the establishment of a national employment policy, taking into account relevant international labour standards (Article 6, paragraph 2(a) and (b)).

4. Technical advice to employers and workers. In so far as this information has not yet been provided in the report on the application of Convention No. 81, please indicate the manner in which the labour administration responds to requests for technical advice from employers and workers, as well as from their respective organizations, in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 2(d), of the Convention.

5. Progressive extension of the system of labour administration. Please transmit the conclusions of the planned survey on the informal sector and describe any measures taken or envisaged with a view to extending the scope of application of labour legislation to workers in the informal economy (Article 7).

6. Staff and material resources of the system of labour administration. Please describe the measures taken or envisaged to overcome the serious shortcomings identified by the Government with regard to training and the conditions of service of the staff of the labour administration system, as well as the material and financial resources allocated to them for the performance of their duties (Article 10).

7. Application of the Convention in practice. Please provide extracts of any reports or other periodic information provided by the principal labour administration services concerning the application of the Convention in practice (Part IV of the report form).

8. Technical cooperation. Please provide any useful information on technical cooperation for which the ILO is the executing agency with regard to labour administration, indicating the impact that is expected or noted (Part V of the report form).