Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Niger (Ratification: 1979)

Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes that labour inspectors have often met with hostility on the part of employers, including those in the public sector, and the 1988 inspection report calls for further education of employers as to the role of labour inspection. It hopes the Government will indicate what measures are being taken in this respect to ensure the necessary collaboration.

Articles 10 and 16. The Committee notes the relatively small number of inspection visits carried out and the increased numbers of work accidents reported. Please indicate what measures are contemplated to increase numbers of labour inspectors.

Article 11. The Committee notes that the 1988 inspection report also refers to inadequacies in the facilities available to inspectors especially as regards transport. Please indicate what measures are proposed in this respect.

Article 13, paragraph 2. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government's indication that sections 132 and 133 of the Labour Code are interpreted to empower labour inspectors, in the event of imminent danger to the health or safety of the workers, to make orders requiring measures with immediate executory force. In practice inspectors have ordered the cessation of workplace operations in such cases. The Committee notes that the Government hopes to amend the relevant provisions in due course so as to reflect explicitly the requirements of the Convention. It wonders whether the desired result could not be achieved by issuing a decree under section 131 of the Labour Code. In the meanwhile, the Committee asks the Government to provide with each future report information on the practical application of this provision.

Article 20. The Committee notes the 1986, 1987, and 1988 reports on the work of the inspection services. It hopes that future reports will be sent regularly within the time-limits established by the Convention.