Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Egypt (Ratification: 1956)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and the information that it contains in reply to its previous request. It also notes the relevant provisions of Books 5 and 6 of Labour Act No. 12 of 2003 and the decrees issued under the Act. The Committee requests the Government to provide copies of the manual of procedures for industrial safety and the manual of procedures for labour inspection.

Powers of injunction of inspectors. The Committee notes with interest that, under the terms of section 225 of the Labour Act, in the event of the sudden occurrence of a danger threatening the safety of the establishment, the health of workers or the safety of the workplace, the competent administrative authority may, on the basis of the reports of the Occupational Safety and Health and Working Environment Inspection Agency, order the total or partial closure of establishments or the stoppage of machines until the causes of the danger are removed. The Committee requests the Government to provide copies of any texts issued under this provision and to specify, firstly, the authority vested with the powers of injunction established by the above section of the Labour Act and, secondly, whether it is envisaged to attribute the powers of injunction established in Article 13(b) of the Convention to the inspectors of the Occupational Safety and Health and Working Environment Inspection Agency or to another authority.

Publication of an annual report. With reference to its previous direct request, the Committee notes with regret that the annual report of the labour inspectorate for 2003-04 attached to the Government’s report does not contain the statistics required on industrial accidents and occupational diseases (Article 21(f) and (g) of the Convention), nor any other information enabling it to assess the scope of the activities of the labour inspectorate in the field of occupational safety and health, in accordance with Article 13 of the Convention. It requests the Government to ensure that the annual inspection report contains the required information and is published and transmitted to the ILO within a reasonable period (Article 20).