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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ratification: 1968)

Articles 7 and 10 of the Convention. Labour inspection staff. Also referring to its observation, the Committee notes with interest the information sent in reply to its comments of 2002 concerning the basic qualification level of candidates for the labour inspectorate and also the content of their training. It would be grateful if the Government would supply further information giving details of the number and geographical distribution, by grade and sex, of labour inspectors who are entrusted with the duties laid down by Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention. It would be grateful if it would also indicate what prospects exist for strengthening the labour inspection staff and measures taken or envisaged in this respect.