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

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Denmark (Ratification: 1972)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters raised in its previous direct request:

The Committee notes that the local authorities and the health authorities, not the Working Environment Service, are responsible for ensuring compliance with the legal requirements for compulsory schooling of young workers. With reference to Article 6 of the Convention, the Government indicates that legislation does not assign the labour inspectors to any advisory or enforcement functions in respect of legal provisions relating to living conditions of workers and their families. The Committee notes the information in the report to the effect that the Act on certain working conditions in agriculture (Act No. 415 of 1 June 1994) governs matters of board and lodging of employees performing domestic or agricultural work. Noting in addition that, under section 74 of the Working Environment Act, the Minister of Labour may delegate some of the Working Environment Service’s tasks to other government authorities or private institutions, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate whether the programme Clean Working Environment 2005 which is mentioned in its report contains measures involving action by the labour inspectors and to specify how supervision is effected regarding application of the abovementioned Act No. 415 of 1994. Finally, the Government is requested to supply information on the measures taken in application of section 74 of the Working Environment Act in regard to the matters covered by the provisions of this Convention.