Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2004, publiée 93ème session CIT (2005)

Convention (n° 81) sur l'inspection du travail, 1947 - Burkina Faso (Ratification: 1974)

The Committee notes the Government’s report, which replies in part to its previous comments.

1. The Committee once again asks the Government to provide information on the following matters.

Reimbursement of travelling and incidental expenses necessary to the performance of duties of labour inspectors. With reference to its previous comments and noting the information supplied by the Government for the period ending May 2000 concerning the increase in the number of regional labour directorates and the forthcoming expansion of their equipment and means of transport, the Committee once again asks the Government to provide information enabling it to ascertain whether the allowances granted to inspectors under Decree No. 95-395 of 29 September 1995 are adequate to cover the travelling and incidental expenses in accordance with Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Convention which they need to conduct inspection visits as frequently as prescribed by Article 16.

Free access of labour inspectors to workplaces liable to inspection. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply information on the measures announced in a previous report to bring into line with the Convention the legislation allowing labour inspectors free access to workplaces in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 1(a), at any hour of the day or night to any workplace liable to inspection and paragraph 1(b), by day to any premises which they may have reasonable cause to believe to be liable to inspection.

2. Annual reports on the work of the inspection services. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee notes the indication that annual reports covering the period 1994-99 are available and will soon be transmitted to the ILO. The Committee reminds the Government that, in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention, annual labour inspection reports should be published within a reasonable time, and in any case, within 12 months after the end of the year to which they relate (paragraph 2), and that copies of such reports should be transmitted to the ILO within a reasonable period after their publication and in any case within three months (paragraph 3). The Committee asks the Government to take appropriate measures to give full effect to these provisions of the Convention.

The Committee is addressing a request directly to the Government on another issue.