Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Labour Inspectorates (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 (No. 85) - Papua New Guinea (Ratification: 1976)

Articles 1, 2 and 4 of the Convention. Functioning of a labour inspection system. Number of suitably trained labour inspectors and inspection visits. The Committee notes that the Government’s report is identical to the previous one, sent in 2005. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide updated information on the following issues: the number of labour inspectors and their functions; the training provided to labour inspectors so that they can carry out their functions effectively; the number of inspection visits in relation to workplaces liable to inspection and the number of workers employed therein; and the organizational chart of the labour inspectorate.

The Committee notes that, upon accession to independence in 1975, Papua New Guinea continued to remain bound by the Convention as it reported at the time that it was not in a position to ratify the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81). The Committee recalls that, pursuant to the adoption of the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization in 2008, the ILO Director-General launched a campaign for the ratification and full implementation of the Conventions which are most significant from the point of view of governance, including Convention No. 81. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether any steps have been taken or are envisaged to review, in consultation with the social partners, the prospects of ratification of Convention No. 81, and to inform the ILO of the outcome.