Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2015, Publicación: 105ª reunión CIT (2016)

Convenio sobre seguridad y salud en la construcción, 1988 (núm. 167) - Argelia (Ratificación : 2006)

The Committee notes the observations of the General and Autonomous Confederation of Workers in Algeria (CGATA) received on 9 June 2015.

The Committee also notes the information provided in the Government’s report in reply to its previous request, concerning the duty of employers and self-employed persons to comply with the prescribed safety and health measures (Article 7 of the Convention).

Article 6. Cooperation between employers and workers. The Committee notes that in its observations, the CGATA asserts that the new draft Labour Code makes no provision for the establishment of safety and health committees even in enterprises with fewer than 50 employees in the construction sector. The Committee notes that according to section 23 of Act No. 88-07 of 26 January 1988 on occupational, safety, health and medicine, and section 2 of Executive Decree No. 05-09 of 8 January 2005 on joint committees and safety and health officers, any enterprise employing more than nine workers on indefinite contracts are required to establish such committees. According to the abovementioned provisions, in units or establishments employing nine or fewer workers, a safety and health officer is appointed by the head of the unit or establishment. The Committee requests the Government to send its comments on the CGATA’s observations.

Article 5. Technical standards. Articles 14 to 24 and 27. Measures for prevention and protection. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes that the Government indicates that a technical safety regulation is to specify the conditions needed to implement the provisions of the Convention is under study. The Committee also notes that technical standards covering subjects related to accident prevention in the construction sector are developed by the Algerian Standardization Institute (IANOR) in technical committees at national level which periodically review international standards adopted in this area. It notes in this connection the annex sent by the Government listing the technical standards adopted by the IANOR. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on progress made in drafting the technical safety regulation and to provide a copy as soon as they have been adopted. It hopes that the regulations will set sufficiently detailed technical prescriptions in order to give full effect to Articles 14 to 24 and 27 of the Convention.

Application in practice. In the absence of any information on this point the Committee again requests the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice and to provide statistical information on the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, the number and nature of infringements reported and the number, nature and causes of the occupational accidents and cases of occupational disease notified.