Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

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

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments to the effect that the results of the work of the commission responsible for reviewing the Order of 5 May 1988, determining the maximum permissible weight to be carried by a single worker, will be transmitted to the Office once it has finished its work. The Committee hopes that the above commission will be able to conclude its work in the near future and that the Government will provide detailed information on its activities and on the manner in which the most representative organizations of employers and workers have been consulted on this matter, as well as on the measures which have been taken or are envisaged to lower the maximum admissible weight of loads which may be carried by a single worker, which is currently set at 100 kg, a weight which considerably exceeds the recommended maximum of 55 kg.

The Committee is raising certain points in a request addressed directly to the Government.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.