Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2020, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Isle of Man

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) (Ratification: 1949)
Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) (Ratification: 1981)

Labour inspection: Convention No. 81

Articles 10, 14, 16, 20 and 21 of the Convention. Number of labour inspectors and inspection visits. Notification of industrial accidents and cases of occupational disease. Annual report on the work of the inspection services. The Committee notes the statistical information provided by the Government, in its report, on the activities performed by the Health and Safety at Work Inspectorate (HSWI) between June 2016 and May 2019, in particular with regard to the number of labour inspectors (three inspectors employed in 2019) and inspection visits (1,054 visits carried out from 2016 to 2019), premises covered by the HSWI (more than 3,000 in 2019) as well as the number of accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences at workplaces. The Committee also takes note of the registers of enforcement notices issued, which are available at the Government’s website and include information on improvement notices (four in 2016, three in 2017, two in 2018 and four in 2019) and prohibition notices (seven in 2016, eight in 2017, five in 2018 and two in 2019). The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the activities of the HSWI. Noting the Government’s indication that Environmental Health Officers perform inspections in lower risk premises, it further requests the Government to provide information on the inspection powers and activities of these Officers. It also requests the Government to indicate whether annual reports on the work of the inspection services are published in accordance with Article 20(2) of the Convention and, if so, whether they address the subjects specified in Article 21 of the Convention.

Labour administration: Convention No. 150

Article 4 of the Convention. Organization of the system of labour administration and coordination of its functions and responsibilities. With regard to its previous comments on the organization of the labour administration system, the Committee notes that the Government indicates in its report that further restructuring took place in relation to labour administration following the adoption of the Transfer of Functions (Economic Development and Education) Order of 2017. It notes that under this Order, the Department of Economic Development was renamed the Department for Enterprise and that certain functions were transferred from the former Department of Economic Development to other government departments. Functions relating to apprenticeships, vocational training and career services were transferred to the Department of Education, Sport and Culture and those related to the job centre and arrangements to support people with disabilities to obtain and retain employment were transferred to the Social Security Division of the Treasury. The Committee also takes note of the organizational charts of bodies comprising the labour administration system both prior to and following the adoption of the Transfer of Functions (Economic Development and Education) Order of 2017, transmitted by the Government. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the organization, functions and responsibilities of the labour administration system. It also requests the Government to provide further information on the manner in which it ensures that these functions and responsibilities, which are entrusted to different bodies engaged in labour administration, are properly coordinated.

Article 5. Consultation, cooperation and negotiation between the public authorities and the most representative organizations of employers and workers or their representatives. The Committee notes that, in reply to its previous comments, the Government indicates that the Manx National Economic Development Council has been renamed the Manx National Development Forum (MNDF). The MNDF remains a tripartite body, has the same purpose as its predecessor and meets on a quarterly basis. It takes note of the terms of reference of the MNDF, as updated in 2018, and the minutes of meetings held in 2017 and 2018, which have been transmitted by the Government. Lastly, it takes note of the Government’s indication, in response to the Committee’s previous request, that its Code of Practice on Consultations has been reviewed and is available on its website. The Government indicates that the constituent parties of the MNDF are listed as direct consultees and any member of the MNDF may propose a specific consultation as an item on its agenda for discussion.