Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Chad (Ratification: 1965)

Articles 3(1), 10, 11, 16 and 24 of the Convention. Labour inspection staff, material means of the labour inspectorate and labour inspections. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that the labour inspectorate has 102 labour controllers and inspectors. The Government also indicates that 13 of the 14 provincial inspectorates are functioning, and that it has equipped the ministerial departments with transport facilities, including a minibus for the inspectorate in the commune of N’Djamena. The Committee requests the Government to continue indicating the measures taken to equip the labour inspectorate with the transport facilities necessary for the performance of its duties in cases where suitable public facilities do not exist, in accordance with Article 11(1)(b) of the Convention.Noting a lack of information on the number of inspections undertaken during the period covered by the report, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide statistics in this respect. The Committee also requests the Government to continue providing information on the recruitment of labour inspectors and their numbers, and the measures taken to ensure that workplaces are inspected as often and as thoroughly as is necessary to ensure the effective application of the relevant legal provisions.

Article 3(2). Duties entrusted to labour inspectors for the settlement of labour disputes. The Committee notes that the Government has not replied to its previous comments concerning the time devoted by labour inspectors to conciliation duties. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that, in accordance with Article 3(2) of the Convention, additional duties entrusted to labour inspectors do not interfere with the effective discharge of their primary duties.

Article 5(a). Effective cooperation between the inspection services and the justice system. Further to its previous comments on section 485 of the Labour Code, under which labour inspectors are to be kept informed of the judicial follow-up accorded to infringement reports, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that there is still no comeback or follow-up with regard to the files that are sent. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken or envisaged to strengthen cooperation between the judiciary and the labour inspectorate. The Committee also requests the Government to continue providing information on the application in practice of section 485 of the Labour Code.

Article 6. Status of labour inspectors. Further to its previous comments on the adoption of specific conditions of service for labour inspectors and controllers, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the Autonomous Trade Union of Labour Administration Staff has set up an ad hoc committee responsible for revising its basic texts and the specific conditions of service of labour inspectors and controllers, and that the latter will be forwarded to the Government. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the progress made in this regard.

Article 7(3). Adequate training of labour inspectors. Further to its previous comments on the training given to labour inspectors, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that one or two labour inspectors are trained by the African Regional Labour Administration Centre, as a result of requests sent by the centre to its Member States and taking account of the gender dimension. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the measures taken to ensure that labour inspectors receive adequate training for the performance of their duties, in accordance with Article 7(3) of the Convention.

Articles 19, 20 and 21. Periodic reports and annual reports of the central authority on the work of the inspection services. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes with regret that an annual report published by the central inspection authority has still not been sent to the ILO. The Committee urges the Government to take the necessary steps to publish annual reports on the activities of the inspection services and to send them regularly to the ILO, in accordance with Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention.