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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Spain (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending June 1999, which includes explanations in response to the observations made previously by the General Union of Workers (UGT) concerning the application of the provisions of the Convention. The Committee also notes the detailed information provided in the annual inspection report for 1998. The Committee notes the adoption of Act No. 42 of 1997 to organize the labour and social security inspectorate, under which the labour and social security inspection system is composed of a central authority and, at the regional level, provincial inspection services under the competence of each of the autonomous communities (section 15(2) of the Act). The autonomous communities also participate in the labour inspection system and in ensuring its unity in coordination with the respective public authorities, the Sectoral Conference on Social Affairs and the territorial inspection commissions. The Committee also notes Decree No. 138-2000 approving the rules for the organization and operation of the labour and social security inspectorate. Finally, it notes with interest that, with a view to the effective implementation of the new Act on labour inspection, a substantial increase (around 5 per cent) in high-level inspection personnel was made to strengthen the staff between 1997 and 1998, and that a new increase was envisaged for 1999. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information in its future reports on the impact of the new labour inspection system on the application of the legal provisions under its supervision.

The Committee is addressing a request directly to the Government on certain matters.