Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Benin (Ratification: 2001)

The Committee notes the Government’s report received at the ILO on 20 October 2009, and also the annual report of the Directorate-General of Labour (DGT) of the Ministry of Labour and Public Service (MTFP) for 2008 and 2009, as well as copies of the legislative texts sent as attachments to the report. It also notes the observations of the General Confederation of Workers of Benin (CGTB), dated 14 January 2010, concerning the inadequacy of the human and material resources of the labour administration.

The Committee notes with interest the communication of documents from the MTFP concerning the situation of the labour administration and the obstacles to its efficient functioning and also the objectives established with a view to overcoming them. It notes in particular the documents on national labour policy, occupational safety and health policy and the paper relating to the strategic plan for strengthening the labour administration for the 2007–16 period. The Committee notes with interest that the 2008 document on national labour policy was drawn up following wide-ranging consultations, including with the social partners.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government, notably with regard to the issues raised by the CGTB and also various aspects of the labour administration raised in the Government’s report and the attached documentation.