Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Slovenia (Ratification: 1992)

Other comments on C129

Observation

Direct Request

Replies received to the issues raised in a direct request which do not give rise to further comments

2014

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With reference to its comments under the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), the Committee would be grateful if the Government would communicate the requested information in so far as labour inspection in agriculture is specifically concerned. The Committee also draws the Government’s attention to the following points.

Article 6(1)(b) of the Convention. Giving advice and information as preventative functions. The Committee notes with interest the information provided in the partial annual report of 2009 and the OSH Strategy for the period 2009–12, which are available on the governmental website of the Slovenian Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs, according to which the labour inspectorate will be involved in preventative activities such as awareness-raising campaigns, exchange of good practice, the control of compulsory workers’ training by employers and the control of risk assessment obligations. The Committee would be grateful to the Government if it would keep the Office informed as to how this strategy is being implemented in the agricultural sector in particular.

Article 9(3). Adequate training of labour inspectors in agriculture. The Committee observes that, in accordance with section 12 of the Inspection Act, labour inspectors shall be trained on a regular basis in accordance with a training programme. Highlighting the importance for labour inspectors to have appropriate and continuous training, the Committee would be grateful to learn more about the existence and the implementation of such a training programme in practice. It also notes from the Government’s report that there are no labour inspection staff being specially qualified for labour inspection in agriculture.

The Committee requests the Government to indicate to what extent the inspection work in the agricultural sector is taken into account by such a training programme and how labour inspectors are prepared for performing inspections in the agricultural sector in particular.

Articles 26 and 27. Preparation of an annual inspection report and contents to be covered. The Committee takes note of the further statistical information provided in response to its previous direct request. However, it notes that statistics on the number of agricultural undertakings liable to inspection, as well as persons working therein, are yet to be provided.

With reference to its general observation of 2009 on the importance of statistics of industrial and commercial workplaces liable to inspection and of the number of workers covered, the Committee recalls that such data is essential for the assessment of the rate of coverage by labour inspection services and for the evaluation of the budgetary resources allocated to this public function. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the measures taken or envisaged in order to integrate within the annual report detailed information on the number of workplaces liable to inspection and workers employed therein.