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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Sierra Leone (Ratification: 1961)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Resources of the labour inspectorate. The Committee notes the Government’s report and the information it contains in response to its previous comments. It notes that there is no fixed allocation specified for the labour inspectorate in the budget of the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Industrial Relations. Resources for labour inspection are drawn from money set aside for local travel within the professional division’s budget and are minimal. The Committee also notes that, according to the Government, the budgetary allocation set aside for the factory inspectorate within the Ministry’s budget should be increased, in order to allow the factory inspectorate to carry out the tasks incumbent upon it. Furthermore, it notes the information that the labour inspectorate is practically inoperative, while the factory inspectorate also suffers from a lack of staff. The Committee hopes that, in its next report, the Government will be in a position to report on measures, in particular of a budgetary nature, aimed at ensuring that the number of labour inspectors is sufficient (Article 10 of the Convention) and that they are furnished with the material means and transport facilities necessary for the performance of their duties (Article 11). The Committee notes in this regard that the Government wishes to avail itself of the technical cooperation of the ILO in order to ensure the efficient operation of the labour inspection system. It requests the Government to indicate the steps it has taken to this end.