Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Norway (Ratification: 1971)

The Committee also refers the Government to its comments under the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), in so far as they are also concerned with the application of the present Convention.

Article 19 of the Convention. Notification of occupational accidents and cases of occupational disease in agriculture. The Committee notes the Government’s indications that Statistics Norway is the authority now responsible for the registration of occupational accidents. In this regard, the Committee understands that the reporting of occupational accidents is linked to an insurance scheme but notes the Government’s indication that most farmers are not covered by this insurance scheme. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on how the labour inspectorate is informed of all occupational accidents and diseases (including those of persons not covered by accident insurance).

Articles 26 and 27. Annual reports on labour inspection in agriculture. The Committee notes the Government’s indications that there is no separate annual report on the work of the labour inspection services in agriculture, but that the Labour Inspection Authority’s annual reports contain general information on the work of the labour inspection services. The Committee is unable to find statistics on the activities of the labour inspection services in agriculture in the 2013 annual labour inspection report, communicated with the Government’s report. However, it notes the information contained in the Government’s report on the number of occupational accidents and diseases in agriculture, the number of violations detected, and the relevant measures taken (compliance orders issued, fines imposed and work stoppages ordered). Following up on its comments since 2000, the Committee would like to emphasize that information on all the subjects covered by Article 27(a)–(g) of the Convention should be included in the annual labour inspection reports. The Committee hopes that the statistical information already available and the implementation of an electronic management system for labour inspection data, referred to by the Government in its report under the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), will enable the Government to soon make progress in this regard. The Committee requests that the Government ensure that the annual report on the work of the labour inspection services in agriculture (published either as part of the general annual report, or as a separate report), contains the required information on each of the subjects listed in Article 27(a)–(g) of the Convention.