Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 1994, Publicación: 81ª reunión CIT (1994)

Convenio sobre la inspección del trabajo, 1947 (núm. 81) - Austria (Ratificación : 1949)

The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments.

Articles 17 and 18 of the Convention. The Committee notes the information on the amendments to the administrative penalties procedure which it states has helped solve the problem of excessive delays in dealing with violations or negligence of the employer. Please provide also particulars regarding the observations of the Federal Chamber of Wage-Earning and Salaried Employees (Federal Chamber of Labour) that the effective implementation of protective labour standards is limited by the relatively light sanctions and the continuing weakness of the administrative penalties procedures.