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

Convenio sobre el marco promocional para la seguridad y salud en el trabajo, 2006 (núm. 187) - Túnez (Ratificación : 2021)

The Committee notes the Government’s first report.

Article 2(2) of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which the principles set out in ILO instruments relevant to the promotional framework for occupational safety and health (OSH), which appear in the annex to Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 2006 (No. 197), have been taken into consideration in the steps taken towards achieving progressively a safe and healthy working environment.

Article 2(3). Ratification of relevant OSH Conventions. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government that studies are being carried out to evaluate the possible ratification of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155). The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the measures taken, including consultation with the most representative employers’ and workers’ organizations, to consider the ratification of relevant ILO OSH Conventions.

Article 3. National OSH policy. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government that Tunisia has a national OSH policy in the form of a legislative framework on OSH, composed by the Labour Code and other OSH-related legislation. The Committee also notes the Government’s indication that the Centre for Research and Social Studies (CRES) is developing a study, with the support of the ILO, for the OSH coverage of the civil service. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the extension of the OSH policy to the civil service. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate any other exclusions from the OSH legal framework and the measures adopted to extend the OSH policy. It also requests the Government to provide information on the periodic review of the national OSH legislation in consultation with the most representative workers’ and employers’ organizations concerned.

Article 4(2)(d). Arrangements to promote, at the level of the undertaking, cooperation between management, workers and their representatives. The Committee notes that the measures undertaken to promote cooperation between management, workers and their representatives encompass: (i) the Enterprise Consultative Committee (CCD) which is established in enterprises employing forty permanent workers or more and is consulted on OSH matters (sections 157–160 of the Labour Code); and (ii) the Occupational Health and Safety Committee (CSST) which is a sub-commission of the CCD which is in charge of examining OSH issues in accordance with section 161 of the Labour Code. The Committee also notes that section 154-5 of the Labour Code provides for the appointment by the employer of an OSH representative. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the functioning in practice of the CCD, the CSST and the OSH representatives, and to indicate how coordination of their functions is ensured in order to promote cooperation between management, workers and their representatives as an essential element of workplace-related prevention measure. It also requests the Government to provide information on the establishment of CCSTs and OSH representatives in public companies.

Article 4(3)(a). National tripartite advisory body. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government that currently the National Council for Social Dialogue (CNDS) is the mandatory body to be consulted on draft labour legislation, including on OSH, given the absence of a specific OSH tripartite body. It also notes that a draft decree establishing the creation of a National Council for Health and Safety at Work to replace the current National Council for Occupational Risk Prevention, which has been inactive since 2006, is under discussion. The Government informs that the new tripartite council will be responsible for: (i) developing and updating the national OSH policy; (ii) setting priorities in the OSH field; (iii) creating and evaluating national OSH programmes; (iv) preparing annual reports on the implementation of the national OSH programme; (v) proposing and providing opinion on draft OSH legislations; (vi) recommending measures to support national OSH policy; and (vii) carrying out periodic research and studies on the OSH system. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the developments with regards to the establishment of a National Council for Health and Safety at Work.

Article 5. National OSH programme. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that a National OSH Profile was elaborated in 2023 to advance towards the development of a national occupational safety and health programme in the country. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on measures adopted in order to establish a national OSH programme in accordance with the requirements of Article 5(1) and (2). It also requests the Government to provide information on the consultations held with employers’ and workers’ organizations and on the outcome of these consultations. In addition, it requests the Government to provide information on measures adopted or envisaged to ensure that the programme will be widely publicized, endorsed and launched by the highest national authorities, as provided in Article 5(3).