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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Côte d'Ivoire (Ratification: 1987)

Article 3, paragraph 2, and Articles 7, 10 and 16 of the Convention. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report, including the statistical data attached to the report. It notes in particular that the labour inspection services only carried out 18 inspection visits in Abidjan and six in Bouaké during the six months covered by the available data, which accounts for a very low proportion of the total activities of these services in 1994. The Committee also notes that, of the 19 technical personnel trained at the National School of Administration in 1994, according to the Government's report, ten were labour administrators, four were attachés and five were supervisors. It notes that ten labour administrators were trained in 1995, and that they should take up their functions in 1996. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure the discharge of the principal inspection duties entrusted to the labour inspection services. In this respect, it hopes that the Government will give priority to the recruitment and training of labour inspectors so that the number of inspection visits can be increased and workplaces can be inspected as often and as thoroughly as is necessary to ensure the application of the relevant legal provisions.

Article 11. The Committee notes with interest section 91(7) of Act No. 95-15 of 12 January 1995, issuing the Labour Code, which provides that the labour inspection services shall be provided with offices that are suitably equipped for their needs and accessible to all those concerned, and that the labour administration shall take the appropriate measures to furnish labour inspectors, supervisors, attachés and physicians with the transport facilities necessary for the performance of their duties and, in any case, ensure the reimbursement of any travelling expenses and any related expenses which may be necessary for the performance of their duties. Furthermore, the Committee notes that, in parallel with these legislative measures, the Government allocated a credit of 300 million CFA francs, in the context of measures for the institutional reinforcement of the administration, to the Ministry of Employment and the Public Service with a view to furnishing office equipment and transport facilities to all the directorates of employment and the public service. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply information on the improvements in practice in the material resources available to labour inspectors for the performance of their duties, in accordance with this provision of the Convention.

Article 14. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report to the effect that in practice all industrial accidents and cases of occupational disease are notified to the labour inspectorate which, in most cases, carries out investigations. However, it notes that the statistical information provided by the Government does not refer to any case of occupational disease. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the notification of industrial accidents and cases of occupational disease is made to the labour inspectorate by employers or by the social assistance fund.

Articles 20 and 21. The Committee notes the statistical data supplied by the Government, and the indication that activities reports containing information on all the matters enumerated in Article 21 will be published and transmitted within the required time-limits. The Committee is bound to reiterate the hope that the Government will take the necessary measures to give effect to this initiative.