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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - United Arab Emirates (Ratification: 1982)

Article 3, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Please indicate what measures have been taken or are envisaged to ensure that enforcement of immigration laws and regulations by the labour inspectorate does not interfere with the effective discharge of their primary duties as enumeratd in Article 3, paragraph 1.

Article 7. The Committee notes from the 1990 annual report on the activities of the labour inspectorate that the labour inspection administration would like the International Labour Office to organise training at a national level for labour inspectors in occupational safety. The Committee hopes that contacts will be established between the responsible branch of the Office and the Government in this connection.

Article 11, paragraph 1(b). The Committee asks the Government to indicate what measures have been taken or are envisaged to ensure that the labour inspectorate have access to transport facilities necessary for the performance of their duties.

Articles 20 and 21. The Committe notes that statistics of industrial accidents and statistics of occupational diseases (Article 21(f) and (g)) are not included in the annual inspection report for 1990. The Committee hopes that future reports will contain all the information required by the Convention and will be published within the time-limits set by the Convention, with a copy being sent to the ILO.