Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Singapore (Ratification: 1965)

The Committee notes with interest the Government's reply to its previous comments as well as the annual reports of the Department of Industrial Safety of the Ministry of Labour of 1992 and 1993. It would be grateful if the Government would provide further clarifications on the following points.

Articles 2, 3, paragraph 1(a), 5, 21 and 25 of the Convention. The Committee notes that neither the Government's report nor the annual reports of the Department of Industrial Safety for the years 1992 and 1993 contain information regarding inspection of mining and transport undertakings (Article 2, paragraph 2), and commercial workplaces (Part II) which were not excluded by the Government upon ratification by virtue of Articles 2, paragraph 2, and 25 of the Convention. It also notes that these reports do not provide information on inspection visits for the enforcement of legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers other than on occupational safety (such as on hours of work, wages, health and welfare, the employment of children and young persons, and other connected matters, in so far as such provisions are enforceable by labour inspectors) as required by Article 3, paragraph 1(a). The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would provide indications on the arrangements it has made to ensure that there is effective cooperation between the inspection services and other government services and public or private institutions engaged in similar activities, and collaboration between officials of the labour inspectorate and employers and workers or their organizations as called for by Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee hopes the Government will take the necessary measures to ensure a better application of the Convention.