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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee notes the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee established to examine the representation made by the International Organization of Employers (IOE) and the Venezuelan Federation of Chambers and Associations of Commerce and Production (FEDECAMARAS) in relation to the application of the Convention (the report of which was approved by the Governing Body at its 256th Session in May 1993).

The Committee notes the statement in the Government's report that there has been no change in the application of the Convention.

It also notes a communication from the IOE, dated 15 September 1995, accompanying a letter from FEDECAMARAS, emphasizing the delay by the Government in giving effect to the above recommendations.

The Committee hopes that the Government's next report will indicate the measures which have been taken or are envisaged in this respect, possibly with the ILO technical assistance that it considers useful in this context.

With regard to the application of Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Convention, the Committee considers that the functions of conciliation and arbitration attributed to inspectors should not interfere with the principal inspection duties entrusted to labour inspectors. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures which have been adopted or are envisaged for this purpose, so that workplaces are inspected as often and as thoroughly as necessary to ensure the effective application of the relevant legal provisions (Article 16).

Articles 20 and 21. The Committee notes the document Report and Account 1993, containing information and statistical data on labour inspection in 1993, as well as the data for 1994 attached to its report. It notes that this information does not contain indications on the laws and regulations relevant to the work of the inspection service, nor on the staff of the labour inspection service (paragraphs (a) and (b)). Nor does it include statistics of workplaces liable to inspection, or the number of workers employed therein (paragraph (c)). With regard to the other statistical data that are to be included in the annual report (paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and (g)), the Committee considers that they are not provided in a manner that it can evaluate the effectiveness of the inspection system. In order to improve the coverage of such data, the Government may wish to consider the itemization of the data, for example in the manner indicated in Paragraph 9 of Recommendation No. 81.