Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Singapore (Ratification: 1965)

With reference to its observation, and noting the detailed information provided in the Government’s report, the Committee notes that the most recent annual inspection report communicated to the ILO concerns the year 2001 and that it refers only to inspection activities in respect of occupational safety and health. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would take measures to ensure that such reports, as well as annual reports on labour inspection activities in other areas of labour legislation, are communicated within the time frame stipulated in Article 20 and that they contain the information required on each of the subjects listed in Article 21. With reference to its 2002 direct request, in which it notes that the inspection services had covered only 2 per cent of the workplaces liable to inspection, the Committee particularly insists on the need to be informed of the number of workplaces liable to inspection and the number of workers employed therein (Article 21(c)) so that it can assess the effectiveness of the labour inspection system in respect of the needs to be covered.