Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1973)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

The Committee notes that, according to the Government's report for the period ending June 1993, it was considered practical to establish tripartite commissions to promote collaboration between officials of the labour inspectorate and employers and workers or their organizations (Article 5(b) of the Convention). However, it notes that the introduction of these structures required the raising of the level of legal and vocational training of labour inspectors (Article 7), which could be achieved through a programme of technical assistance from the ILO Regional Office in Lima in the context of one or more of the projects planned for 1994. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report the results of the measures adopted to promote the above collaboration and provide the necessary training, as set out in these provisions of the Convention. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report to the effect that the working conditions of labour inspectors have improved in comparison to those prevailing in 1989, except as regards urban transport, due to the limitations of the national budget. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information on the improvements made in these working conditions and if it would indicate the measures which have been taken or are envisaged to furnish labour inspectors with the transport facilities necessary for the performance of their duties (Article 11). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report, taking into account the fact that the number of labour inspectors has to be sufficient to secure the effective discharge of the duties of the inspectorate, the manner in which it is ensured that workplaces are inspected as often and as thoroughly as is necessary to ensure the effective application of the relevant legal provisions (Articles 10 and 16). The Committee notes that it has not been possible to transmit to the Office an annual inspection report, but that the Government, according to the information supplied in its report, proposes to give effect to Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention as soon as possible by establishing a system of statistics covering the annual activities of the labour inspection services and by compiling a classified and quantitative annual report, which it hopes to formulate in the context of the technical assistance projects referred to above that were planned as of 1994. The Committee trusts that the Government will transmit to the Office as soon as possible an annual inspection report in accordance with these provisions of the Convention.

The Committee once again hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.