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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Panama (Ratification: 1958)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

With reference to its previous comments on the application of Articles 10 and 16 of the Convention, the Committee notes from the Government's report that there are 29 labour inspection units distributed throughout the country. It would be grateful if the Government would indicate the total number of labour inspectors, their number in the various categories, per unit and the total number of workplaces liable to inspection as required by Article 21(c) of the Convention.

The Committee also notes from the Government's report, the establishment with the technical assistance of CIAT, of project PAN/93 to modernize and strengthen institutionally the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in support of the project to develop and modernize the economy. The Committee notes that this project's objective is to modernize the country's labour inspection system. It further notes the Government's indication that although it wishes to implement this project immediately, it has encountered difficulty in obtaining the international financing necessary to do so. The Committee hopes this project will materialize soon and that the Government will keep the Office informed of any progress achieved in the implementation of the project to modernize the labour inspection system. It also requests the Government to continue to provide information on further measures taken to improve the inspection service, particularly with regard to providing inspectors with all the necessary facilities for the performance of their duties (Article 11 of the Convention).