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

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Montenegro (Ratification: 2006)

Article 9 of the Convention. Special training of labour inspectors in agriculture. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that there are no labour inspectors specializing only in agriculture. It also notes the Government’s reference to the continuous training of labour inspectors conducted by the Human Resources Department, aimed at raising their professional competences, as well as language skills and computer literacy, although the Government does not supply further details on specific training in order to enable labour inspectors to acquire the required technical knowledge to adequately perform their duties in the agricultural sector (for example the activities involving the use of pesticides and other chemicals). In this regard, the Committee would like to draw the Government’s attention to Paragraphs 4–7 of the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Recommendation, 1969 (No. 133) on the minimum qualifications needed by labour inspectors called upon to work in the agricultural sector. The Committee once again asks the Government to provide information on any special training provided for labour inspectors to enable them to discharge their functions effectively in agricultural undertakings.

Article 15, (1)(b) and (2). Transport facilities and reimbursement of travel expenses. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that almost all labour inspectors are provided with official cars, which are financed partly from the state budget and partly from the Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance funds granted by the EU. However, it also notes that the Government does not provide information with regard to the other questions raised under this Article. Referring also to its question under Article 11 of the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), the Committee once again asks the Government to take measures for the provision to labour inspectors of adequate material means for the effective discharge of their functions in agriculture, and particularly provide information on the reimbursement of travel costs (petrol and public transport) and the supply of technical measurement instruments and personal protective equipment for inspections.

Articles 26 and 27. Annual inspection report. The Committee would like to draw the Government’s attention to its comment under Articles 20 and 21 of Convention No. 81, and once again requests it to ensure that information on each of the subjects listed in Article 27 of this Convention is included in a separate report or in its general annual report and is published and regularly communicated to the ILO.