Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2024, Publicación: 113ª reunión CIT (2025)

Convenio sobre el examen médico de los menores (industria), 1946 (núm. 77) - Türkiye (Ratificación : 1984)

The Committee notes the observations of the Turkish Confederation of Employers’ Associations (TİSK) and the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TURK-IS) communicated with the Government’s report.

Article 7(2) of the Convention. Other methods of supervision. The Committee notes that TURK-IS in its communication states that there are high risks with regard to the health and occupational safety of workers employed in industries and sectors that fall within the definition of “industrial undertaking” under Article 1(2) of the Convention. The TURK-IS indicates that there is no information as to whether children and young persons working in unknown numbers of mines and quarries are subject to medical examination in an organized way as required by the Convention. The TURK-IS suggests that establishment of a central, permanent supervisory mechanism overseeing the periodic medical examination responsibilities of workplaces would be beneficial to workers. In this regard, a system which would ensure the cooperation of workplace physicians with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the Ministry of Health could be established in workplaces such as mines and quarries. The Committee requests the Government to reply to the observations of TURK-IS and to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to establish an alternative supervisory mechanism in mines and quarries pursuant to Article 7(2) of the Convention.

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report concerning the inspections carried out by the Directorate of Guidance and Inspection of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on the implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety Law No.6331. Accordingly, the inspections covered: (i) a total of 5 children, 266 young workers, and 7,526 apprentices/interns in 2018; (ii) 3 children, 289 young workers, and 8,672 apprentices/interns in 2019; (iii) 4 children, 264 young workers, and 426 apprentices/interns in 2020; (iv) 7 children, 8,465 young workers, and 8,642 apprentices/interns in 2021; and (v) a total of 365 children, 436 young workers, and 10,349 apprentices/interns in 2022. The Government indicates that from 2018 to 2022, a total of 3,767,609 Turkish liras was imposed on employers for violating the provisions on health surveillance under section 15 of Law No. 6331 with regard to 18 children and young persons. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the practical application of the Convention, in particular on the number of violations detected and the penalties imposed in relation to the medical examination of children and young persons employed in industrial undertakings.