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

Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 (No. 124) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes the Government’s report. It observes that the Government does not reply to its previous comments. The Committee once again requests the Government to supply information on the following points.

Article 3, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Committee had previously requested the Government to supply a copy of  Ordinance No. 13 of 23 January 1998 “on the Conduct of Preventive Medical Examination”. The Committee notes the Government’s information that, according to this Ordinance the medical examinations of workers entering underground occupations include compulsory X-ray examinations both prior to starting work and as part of their periodic examinations thereafter. The Committee once again requests the Government to supply a copy of the above Ordinance.

Article 4, paragraphs 4 and 5. In its previous comments, the Committee had requested the Government to provide specific information on the laws or regulations that apply to this Article of the Convention. The Committee recalls that by virtue of Article 4, paragraphs 4 and 5, the employer shall keep, and make available to inspectors or workers’ representatives, records containing, in respect of persons under 21 years of age who work underground: (a) the date of birth, duly certified wherever possible; (b) an indication of the nature of their occupation; and (c) a certificate which attests fitness for employment but does not contain medical data. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate the provisions making it compulsory for the employer to keep, and make available to inspectors and, at their request, to the workers’ representatives, records containing the data listed in paragraph 4 in respect of all persons under 21 years of age who are employed or work underground.