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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Armenia (Ratification: 2004)

Articles 5(a), 17 and 18 of the Convention. Cooperation between the labour inspectorate and the judicial bodies and penalties imposed on the perpetrators of violations. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that the State Labour Inspectorate is bound to appeal to the Administrative Court in order to collect administrative fines imposed in relation to labour law violations. It also notes that the State Labour Inspectorate is represented as a third party in civil procedure, while the claim has to be lodged by the interested party itself. However, the Committee observes that the Government did not supply information as to measures taken to enhance the effective cooperation between the labour inspection system and the judicial system, such as through the adoption of legislative provisions and the establishment of educational and informative exchanges.

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would elaborate on the manner and extent of cooperation between the labour inspectorate and the public prosecution service in case of labour violations that also constitute criminal violations, such as in the case of fatal industrial accidents. Moreover, it requests data from the Government on the number of prosecutions launched in relation to labour law infringements and the proportion of fines that had to be collected by appeal to the Administrative Court, in addition to the average time spent between imposing the fine and its payment.