Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - El Salvador (Ratification: 1995)

Article 7(2) and (3) of the Convention. Training of labour inspectors. The Committee notes with interest the information on the training activities conducted for labour inspectors and occupational safety technicians under the “Project to strengthen public service systems in ministries of labour – PROFIL/OIT”. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information on the abovementioned activities and on their impact in terms of meeting objectives.

The Committee once again asks the Government to provide a copy of the document containing the code of ethics for labour inspectors, which was likewise prepared in the context of the abovementioned project.

Inspection of child labour in industrial and commercial establishments liable to inspection. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee asks the Government to provide numerical data on the labour inspection activities aiming to protect children, and particularly on inspection visits, indicating the number of children concerned, the infringements detected (indicating the legal provisions to which they relate) and the penalties imposed.