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

Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) - Poland (Ratification: 1968)

The Committee notes the detailed information contained in the Government’s report and the attached legislation, including amendments to the Labour Code concerning an extension of the obligations of employers, and the adoption and amendment of a number of Ordinances, in particular the Ordinance of the Minister of Health of 20 April 2005 on tests and measurements of agents harmful to health in the working environment, all giving further effect to the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide information on legislative measures undertaken with regards to the Convention.

Article 6 of the Convention and Part IV of the report form. Application in practice. With reference to its previous comment on the impact of section 96, paragraph 1, of the Code of 24 August 2001 concerning proceedings in cases of petty offences, the Committee notes that the results of work health and safety inspections carried out in 2008, compared to previous years, indicate an improvement in work health and safety conditions of retail outlet employees. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that this improvement was an effect of, inter alia, an increase in the maximum fine imposed by labour inspectors, and of a regulation introduced which enabled the punishing of multiple offenders with a hefty fine. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide detailed information on labour inspections and the number and nature of the contraventions reported.