Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Finland (Ratification: 1974)

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending 31 May 1998. It also notes the observation included in the Government's report by the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK). The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the following points:

Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the specific provisions of the legislation of Finland that define the term "agricultural undertaking".

Article 5, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c). The Committee requests the Government to provide information as to what extent effect has been given to the provisions of the Convention with respect to the categories of persons working in agricultural undertakings.

Article 11. The Committee asks the Government to indicate measures undertaken or envisaged in order to ensure that duly qualified technical experts and specialists are associated in the work of labour inspection in agriculture (in particular, for on-the-spot visits).

Article 14. The Committee notes the statement of the SAK that, due to the small number of inspectors, occupational safety inspection in agriculture is inadequate, and that this shortcoming is partly due to the large number of small workplaces and the lack of trade union organization in the sector. The Committee asks the Government to provide its response to this statement.

Article 17. The Committee asks the Government to indicate in which cases and under what conditions the labour inspection services in agriculture are associated in the preventive control referred to in this Article.