Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167) - Norway (Ratification: 1991)

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:

The Committee notes the detailed information contained in the Government’s reports and the attached legislation.

Article 4 of the Convention. National legislation. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that it is currently revising the legislation applicable to this Convention. The Committee understands this to have been terminated and notes with interest that several amendments have been introduced to Ordinance No. 377 of 21 April 1995 on occupational safety and health in building and construction places, Ordinance No. 608 of 26 June 1998 respecting use of work equipment, Ordinance No. 335 of 14 April 1989 respecting scaffolding, ladders, and work on roofs, and Ordinance No. 170 respecting workplaces and work rooms. It also notes with interest that a new Working Environment Act (Act No. 62) was adopted on 17 June 2005, replacing Act No. 4 of 4 February 1977, and that it entered into force on 1 January 2006. The Committee notes that the newly enacted legislation seems to ensure the application of the Convention.

Part IV of the report form. Practical implementation of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in your country, including, for instance, extracts from the reports of inspection services, and, if such statistics are available, information on the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, disaggregated by gender, if possible, and other measures, the number and nature of contraventions reported, etc.