Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 2007, Publicación: 97ª reunión CIT (2008)

Convenio sobre la higiene (comercio y oficinas), 1964 (núm. 120) - Argelia (Ratificación : 1969)

1. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report.

2. Article 14 of the Convention. Suitable seats for workers. The Committee notes the Government’s information that the provision of sufficient and suitable seats for workers has still not been the subject of regulations or specific measures either under Act No. 88-07 of 26 January 1988 on occupational health, safety and medicine or under the adopted implementing regulations, but that this requirement is fulfilled in practice. The Committee also notes the Government’s statement that it will take preventive measures to reduce or even eliminate the health risks connected with movement, posture and fatigue, in accordance with Article 14 of the Convention. In this context, the Committee asks the Government to adopt suitable regulatory measures to ensure that all workers covered by the Convention have sufficient and suitable seats and also the possibility of using them, and to keep it informed of all progress made in this field.

3. Article 18. Protection against noise and vibrations. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s information that there is a need to lay down regulations classifying the risks connected with noise and vibrations. To this end, the Government is contemplating the preparation of a regulatory text on the prevention of risks connected with noise and vibrations. In this context, the Committee requests the Government to take the appropriate regulatory measures as soon as possible to give effect to the provisions of this Article and to keep it informed of all progress made in this area.

4. Part IV of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the Government’s information that occupational diseases connected with the risks of noise and vibrations top the list of cases of occupational diseases recorded during the last two years. The Committee therefore asks the Government to indicate the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, for example by supplying information on the number of workers covered by the legislation in force, extracts from inspection reports indicating the number and nature of diseases contracted, and also contraventions reported and penalties imposed.