Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1973)

Further to its observation, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide additional information on the following matters.

Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Annual inspection report. The Committee notes the report of the General Labour and Social Security Inspectorate for 2006, which contains information on the number of labour inspectors in service, inspection visits and occupational accidents. It would be grateful if the Government would ensure that an annual report on the work of the inspection services, containing the information required on each of the subjects referred to in Article 21, is published regularly and sent to the ILO in accordance with Article 20. It reminds the Government that Part IV of Recommendation No. 81 provides some very useful guidelines on the level of detail required in respect of the requested information.

Labour and child labour inspection. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, an ILO–SIMPOC (Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour) mission was scheduled to visit the country during the course of the year to launch the programme “National Survey on Child Labour – Uruguay”. It asks the Government to provide information on the objectives of this survey, its progress and, as soon as they are available, its conclusions. It also requests the Government to ensure that statistics on child labour are included in future annual inspection reports.