Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 1972)

Article 16, paragraph 3, of the Convention. The Committee recalls that for many years it has been asking the Government to amend section 248 of the Act to organise agricultural relations so as to provide for the notification not only of the employer or his representative of an inspector's presence at the workplace, but also the workers or their representatives. It notes the information that the amendment has not yet been adopted but that the Ministry of Labour has requested the competent authority to take the necessary measures for its adoption. The Committee trusts the Government will not fail to ensure that the said amendment is adopted shortly and a copy of the adopted text communicated.

Articles 26 and 27. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes with interest that the annual inspection report for 1992 contains all the particulars listed in Article 27 (a) to (g) of the Convention. It notes however that this report for 1992 was only received by the Office in 1995. The Committee would like to point out that such reports should be published within a reasonable time after the end of the year to which they relate and in any case within the following 12 months, and copies should be transmitted to the Director-General within three months after their publication (Article 26, paragraphs 2 and 3). The Committee hopes the Government will take the necessary measures in this respect.