Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) - Tunisia (Ratification: 1970)

With reference to its observation on the Convention, the Committee requests the Government to provide additional information on the following point.

Articles 3 and 7, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that under the terms of section 2 of the Order of 5 May 1988, the limit set for the maximum permissible weight of loads to be transported manually by women aged 18 years or older is 25 kg. In this respect, it drew the Government's attention to the ILO publication Maximum weights in load lifting and carrying (Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 59, Geneva, 1988), in which it is indicated that 15 kg is the limit, recommended from an ergonomic point of view, of the admissible load for occasional lifting and carrying for a woman aged between 19 and 45 years. The Committee once again notes the provisions of section 2 of the Order of 5 May 1988 with regard to the maximum weight of loads to be transported manually by women aged 18 years or older. It hopes that the commission entrusted with the revision of the Order of 5 May 1988 will also examine this question, with a view to limiting the manual transport of loads by women to light loads not exceeding, in so far as possible, 15 kg. The Committee hopes that the Government's next report will contain information on the progress achieved in this respect.