Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Argentina (Ratification: 1955)

Article 3, paragraph 1(b) and (c), of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the provisions of laws or regulations conferring on the labour inspection services the functions set out in these provisions of the Convention.

Article 3, paragraph 2. If labour inspectors are entrusted with duties other than those provided for in paragraph 1, please specify the nature of such duties and indicate the measures taken to ensure that they are performed in the conditions laid down by this provision of the Convention.

Article 6. With reference to its previous direct requests, the Committee regrets to note that the Government has not yet transmitted its comments on the observations presented by the Argentine Association of Labour Inspection in 1986 concerning stability of employment of inspection staff. The Committee trusts that the Government will not fail to provide relevant information to enable it to examine the matter at its next session.

Article 10. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the number of labour inspection staff and to provide information on the number of inspectors in each class, stating which inspectors have technical or special duties, and on the geographical distribution of the inspection services (unless this information is contained in the annual inspection report).

Article 11, paragraph 1(b) and (c). Please provide information on the transport facilities made available to inspectors and indicate the legislative or regulatory measures taken to reimburse to labour inspectors any travelling and incidental expenses which may be necessary for the performance of their duties.

Articles 20 and 21. In reply to the Committee's previous comments, the Government states that it will examine the possibility of centralising statistical data, which should enable information on all the points listed at Article 21 to be included in annual inspection reports. The Committee recalls that it attaches great importance to annual inspection reports and expresses the hope that all future reports will be published and transmitted to the ILO within the time-limits laid down by Article 20.

The Committee takes note of a communication from the Central Union of State Petroleum Workers (SUPE) complaining of the unhealthy working conditions at the State Petroleum Company's La Plata refinery, and of the Government's reply concerning the measures taken by the National Directorate for Health and Safety at Work to remedy the situation.