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

Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) - Mauritius (Ratification: 2003)

1. The Committee notes the first report on the application of the Convention, which includes detailed information on the administrative practice of the Cargo Handling Corporation Ltd. (CHCL), the reports of the Salaries Restructuring Committee and other relevant data. It notes the Government’s statement indicating that all dockworkers are permanently employed and are remunerated on a monthly basis. It would be grateful if the Government would indicate the manner in which the requirements of Article 2, paragraph 2; Article 3, paragraphs 2 and 3; and Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Convention are assured for dockworkers.

2. The Committee notes with interest that a comprehensive policy on occupational safety and health has been formulated by the CHCL and has been implemented as from August 2004. It further notes that a tripartite workshop on occupational safety and health in the port sector was held in August 2005 in Mauritius with the assistance of the ILO. It requests the Government to include in its next report information on the results achieved by the initiatives taken by the CHCL in relation to the safety, health, welfare and vocational training for dockworkers (Article 6).