Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) - Ghana (Ratification: 1966)

The Committee notes the report of the Government. Further to its previous comments, it draws the Government’s attention to the following.

Part IV of the report form. The Committee notes the information supplied with the Government’s report regarding the practical application of the Convention in the country. It notes in particular the number of inspections conducted in the years 1999 to 2001 to monitor the work conditions and the occupational safety and health conditions in the enterprises. As to the results of these inspections, the Government indicates that no infringement of the legislation has been recorded. The Committee however observes that, while the overall number of inspections increased between 1999 and 2001, only the figures contained in the Annual Report of the Labour Department for 2001 allow a precise assessment of the extent to which the Convention is applied in the country, since the report for that year is the first to include information not only on the number of inspections carried out, but also on the number of enterprises and workers covered by the legislation. In view of the figures for 2001, the Committee notes that only a relatively small number of enterprises have been supervised by the inspection services. The Committee therefore requests the Government to indicate the criterion employed for the selection of the enterprises to be inspected each year. It further invites the Government to consider possible measures to extend the number of inspections, which in consequence would provide a more indicative picture of the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice in the country.