Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Libya (Ratification: 1971)

Legislation. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the bill updating Law No. 12 of 2010 on labour relations is awaiting approval. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on any progress made in the legislative reform process and encourages it to ensure that such reform takes into account the issues addressed below, with a view to ensuring conformity of the legal framework with the Convention. The Committee also requests once again the Government to submit a copy of Decision No. 116 of 2021 of the Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation, which promulgates the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.

Articles 1, 4, 6 and 7 of the Convention. Organization of the labour inspection system, status and conditions of service of labour inspectors and their recruitment and training. The Committee notes that the Government refers once again to sections 221 and 222 of the bill updating Law No. 12 of 2010 on labour relations. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the organizationof the system of labour inspection, the recruitment and training of labour inspectors, and their status and conditions of service in practice and to indicate any order issued pursuant to section 114 of Law No. 12 of 2010.

Articles 3(2) and 5(a). Additional functions of labour inspectors and cooperation between the inspection services and other government services. Noting the absence of information in this respect, the Committee requests once again that the Government provide information on the activities of labour inspectors related to the enforcement of employers’ obligations with regard to the statutory rights of migrant workers, including in cases where such workers are liable to expulsion or have already been expelled by the immigration authorities.

Article 12(1)(a). Scope of the right of free entry of inspectors into workplaces liable to inspection. The Committee notes that the Government reiterate the reference to section 112 of Law No. 12 of 2010, which provides for the right of labour inspectors to enter workplaces, during working hours, by day or night, in order to perform their duties freely and without prior notification. The Committee requests once again that the Government provide information on any measures taken or envisaged to ensure that the powers of entry of labour inspectors are extended to any hour of the day or night regardless of the working hours of the workplaces liable to inspection, in line with Article 12(1)(a).

Article 16. Frequency and thoroughness of inspections. Noting the absence of information in this respect,the Committee requests once again that the Government provide information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that the Occupational Safety and Labour Inspection Department undertakes inspections of workplaces as often and as thoroughly as necessary to secure the effective application of the legal provisions covered by the Convention, in accordance with Article 16.

Articles 20 and 21. Publication and content of the annual report. In reply to the Committee’s previous request, the Government reiterates that all reports of labour inspectors in the labour offices shall be collected by the General Directorate of Inspection and included in a detailed annual report. A copy of the general report shall be communicated to workers’ and employers’ organizations and to the competent authorities. The Committee encourages the Government to continue to make efforts to ensure that an annual labour inspection report, containing information on all the points covered by Article 21, is prepared, published and sent to the ILO.