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The Committee notes the Government’s reports for the period ending 30 May 2003 and the 2001 Labour Inspectorate report. It also notes the indication by the Government that observations had been received in 2002 from the Employers’ Association of Slovenia and in 2003 from the Association of Employers for Craft Activities. It would be grateful if the Government would provide information on the content of these observations.

Also noting that in 2000 Article 9 of the Labour Inspection Act, which provided for the dismissal of inspectors, was repealed to be replaced in the 2002 amended Labour Inspection Act (Uradni list RS, 56/02) by a similar provision, the Committee would like to underline that, according to Article 6 of the Convention, the labour inspection staff should be composed of public officials whose status and conditions of service are such that they are assured of stability of employment and are independent of changes of government and of improper external influences. The Committee had considered in its General Survey of 1985 on labour inspection that it should be possible to dismiss inspectors only for a serious professional misconduct, which should be defined in as precise terms as possible in order to avoid arbitrary interpretations (paragraph 143). It thus hopes that the Government would ensure that legislation be put in conformity with the Convention in this regard and that it could supply information on measures taken and on results achieved.