Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and the information provided in reply to its previous comments. It also notes the documents attached to the report, and particularly the inspection report for the second half of 1999.

Labour inspection and child labour. Noting in the above inspection report that, during the period covered, 1,763 authorizations were issued, in accordance with Act No. 1837 of 1989 respecting the protection of young persons in relation to employment, and after the compulsory medical examination had been carried out by social security doctors, allowing children to be employed in certain specific types of work, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would take measures to ensure that the next inspection report contains statistics on the results of activities to supervise the application of the above Act (such as cases and types of violations, and the sanctions imposed).

Distribution by sex of the staff of the labour inspectorate and specialized duties. The Committee notes with interest the significant proportion of women in the staff of the labour inspection services. It would be grateful if the Government would provide information on their distribution by grade in the inspectorate and would indicate whether, as envisaged in Article 8 of the Convention, special duties are assigned to men and women inspectors, respectively.

Notification and statistics of cases of occupational disease. The Committee notes that the inspection report provided does not contain statistics on cases of occupational disease, as required by Article 21(g). The Committee requests the Government to indicate the texts which provide a legal basis for the obligation, as required by Article 14, of the notification of labour inspectors of cases of occupational disease and to ensure that the relevant statistics are included in future annual inspection reports, the content of which and the time limits for their publication and transmission to the ILO should comply with the requirements of Articles 20 and 21.