Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Also referring to its observation on the Convention, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information on the following points.

1.  The Committee notes that the statistics provided in the annual inspection reports, including statistics on occupational accidents and diseases, are systematically disaggregated, among other criteria, by the nationality of workers. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the manner in which these data are used for the prevention of occupational risks and whether the nationality of the victims of employment accidents and occupational diseases has any impact in this respect, particularly with regard to the posting of safety notices in workplaces which employ non‑Arab‑speaking workers.

2.  With reference to the information provided in the Government’s report concerning the functions and powers of the officials entrusted with labour inspection, by virtue of section 74 of the Labour Code, the Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the inadequacy of this information in relation to the provisions of Article 12 of the Convention. It therefore requests the Government to provide detailed information in its next report on each of the provisions of this Article, the objective of which is to secure the optimal effectiveness of inspection visits in relation to the objective of the Convention.

3.  Finally, with reference to sections 41 et seq. of the Labour Code respecting the employment and conditions of work of young persons, the Committee wishes to recall the growing concern of the international community in general, and of the ILO in particular, with regard to this category of workers, and it invites the Government to take appropriate measures to enable labour inspectors to exercise effective supervision of the application of the relevant legislation and, in particular, to bring to the notice of the competent authority defects or abuses noted in this field and which are not specifically covered by existing legal provisions, as envisaged by Article 3(1)(c). The Committee trusts that the Government will indicate in its next report the measures which have been taken or are envisaged in this respect and that relevant statistical data will also be provided in future annual inspection reports.