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

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

1. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report and the adoption of Act No. 651 of 8 October 2003 on labour, in particular its sections 118-121 on occupational health and safety and the working environment, and sections 122 and 124 on labour inspection.

2. Part IV of the report form. The Committee notes that the Government’s report fails to provide any additional information on the criteria applied to select the undertakings that are inspected each year, but that, in this regard, the Government refers to the abovementioned sections 122-124 of the Labour Code. The Committee asks the Government to provide further information concerning the application of the Convention in practice, including details of the working methods of the labour inspectorate following the legislative reforms of 2003.