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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Sao Tome and Principe (Ratification: 1982)

Further to its observation, the Committee asks the Government to provide additional information on the following matters.

Article 6 of the Convention. Conditions of service of labour inspectors. In response to the Committee’s previous comments expressing the hope that the Government would soon be in a position to ensure that the wages paid to labour inspectors were increased so as to attract and retain qualified personnel and safeguard such personnel from any undue influence, the Government states in its 2007 report, that wages paid in the public service, and therefore those of labour inspectors, are not very high due to the fragile economic state of the country. It indicates, however, that a wage revision plan is envisaged, together with a reform of professional careers. The Committee hopes that the measures envisaged will soon be put into practice and asks the Government to keep the Office informed in this respect.

Articles 10 and 11, paragraph 1(a). Number of labour inspectors, conditions of work and material resources. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that a Ministry of Labour restructuring project, which should make the labour inspectorate more dynamic, will soon be approved by the Council of Ministers and communicated to the ILO as soon as it is approved. While waiting to examine the new structure, the Committee once again asks the Government to indicate the number of inspectors employed, their geographical distribution, grade, and conditions of work (office facilities and equipment, etc.).