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

Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) - Zimbabwe (Ratification: 2003)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

Article 9, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Adequate penalties for violations of the laws and regulations. The Committee notes the observations by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) that the penalties and fines for non-compliance with the law on occupational health are too low, which is why most employers do not attribute sufficient importance to issues related to occupational safety and health and that the Government in its response thereto states that it has taken note of the recommendation to increase the penal sanctions for non-observance of the national law on occupational health. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on all measures taken to follow up on the recommendation by the ZCTU and to give full effect to this Article of the Convention.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.