Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Malta (Ratification: 1988)

The Committee notes the Government’s report containing information in reply to its previous comments and the extract from Act No. CAP.367 concerning the promotion of health and safety at work of which section 16 entails the duty for labour inspectors to treat as absolutely confidential the source of any complaint, as set out in Article 20(c) of the Convention. It requests the Government to supply further information on the points below.

Article 16.  Noting that the right of labour inspectors to enter freely any workplace liable to inspection to allow them to supervise the application of legal requirements not only on questions of safety and hygiene but also on other matters, the Committee once again asks the Government to indicate precisely, providing a copy of any relevant texts, if it is provided in legislation that this right shall be exercised, as provided in Article 16(1)(a),at any hour of the day or night. If this is not so, the Government is requested to take appropriate measures so that legislation is brought into conformity with the Convention on this point which the Committee considers to be a partial prerequisite for the effectiveness of the inspection system.

Articles 21, 26 and 27.  Noting that in reply to its previous comments on the application of these provisions, the Government announces measures designed to ensure the presentation of statistics contained in the annual inspection reports so as to differentiate inspection activities by sector, the Committee hopes that this will be done in the near future and that it will thus be able to assess on specific bases the level of application of the Convention.