Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Republic of Moldova (Ratification: 2006)

Articles 4 of the Convention. Organization and functioning of the labour administration system. The Committee notes that the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection is established by Government Decision No. 149 of 25 August 2021. The Committee also notes that the annexes to this Decision include: (1) Regulation on the organisation and operation of the Ministry; (2) the structure of its central apparatus; (3) the organizational chart of the Ministry; (4) the list of administrative authorities subordinated to it and (5) the list of public institutions founded by the Ministry. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on arrangements made to ensure the effective operation and coordination of the system of labour administration in practice, both at national and local level, including monitoring implementation of OSH visits, ensuring that inspectors are adequately trained, and providing for suitably equipped inspections offices.

Article 5. Consultation, cooperation and tripartite negotiation in the context of the labour administration system. The Committee refers to its comments on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) and on the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144).

Article 10. Human resources and material means of the labour administration. The Committee notes that, according to section 2 of Government Decision No. 149 of 25 August 2021, the headcount of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection is set at 67 units, with an annual budget of the personnel remuneration in accordance with the law. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the proportion of the national budget allocated to the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, as well as information on the composition, status and conditions of service of the staff of the labour administration system, including comparisons with the status and conditions of service of staff performing similar monitoring and inspection duties such as tax inspectors and police.