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

Convenio sobre la inspección del trabajo, 1947 (núm. 81) - Mauritania (Ratificación : 1963)

Articles 2 and 23 of the Convention. Labour inspection in the informal economy. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that, with a view to giving effect to the recommendation to extend the scope of action of the labour inspection services to the informal economy made within the framework of the audit carried out by the ILO in 2016, the ILO and the Ministry of the Public Service and Labour organized a workshop in Nouakchott in April 2018 for labour inspectors and controllers. The Government adds that the workshop provided an opportunity for 29 participants from the Ministry’s central and regional offices to gain a better understanding of the ILO’s strategic planning approach to enforcement and the guide on the intervention of labour inspection in the informal economy. The Government adds that, of the 620 enterprises inspected during the course of 2024, some 200 were in the informal sector. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the activities carried out by the labour inspection services in informal sector enterprises, including the number of inspections undertaken in these enterprises in relation to enterprises in other economic sectors.

Articles 3(1)(b), 4 and 5(b). Preventive duties of the labour inspectorate. Supervision and control by a central authority. Collaboration with employers and workers and their organizations. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the capacity-building support project for labour administration, financed by the ILO, has provided the opportunity to undertake an organizational audit of the labour administration and establish a roadmap with a view to strengthening the competences of the General Directorate of Labour. The Committee also notes the Government’s indication that will take measures to follow up the recommendations made in the 2016 audit on the strengthening of the preventive role of labour inspection, the improvement of the planning of labour inspection to target priority issues and the strengthening of collaboration with the social partners. The Committee urges the Government to provide detailed information on all the follow–up measures adopted or envisaged for the implementation of these recommendations, taking into account the requirements of the above Articles. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on any measures adopted or envisaged to reinforce the competences of the General Directorate of Labour and the effectiveness of the labour inspection services. Noting that, according to the Government’s indications, a workshop on the strategic planning of labour inspection and a national workshop on the general principles of labour inspection are due to be organized soon, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the role played by the General Directorate of Labour in this regard and on any measures decided upon during these workshops.

Articles 5(a), 17 and 18. Prosecutions and penalties. Effective cooperation between the labour inspection services and the justice system. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes the Government’s indications that it will take the necessary measures for the establishment of an effective system of cooperation between the labour inspection services and the justice system with a view to improving the enforcement of penalties and following up violation notices. In this regard, the Government indicates that a workshop has now been organized by the Ministry of the Public Service and Labour for regional labour inspectors and magistrates responsible for labour courts, the social chambers of appeal systems and the Social Chamber of the Supreme Court. Noting that, of the 620 enterprises inspected in 2024, penalties were imposed on 40 through violation notices, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the action taken to follow up the notices issued, including by the judicial authorities, where appropriate. The Committee also requests the Government to provide detailed information on the establishment of the specific cooperation measures with the justice system that it has announced. Also noting that the Government has not provided information on the adoption of regulations to ensure the adoption of follow-up action on violation notices in collaboration with the justice system, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on this subject.

Article 7(3). Training of labour inspectors and controllers. In response to the Committee’s previous comment, the Government indicates that, following the implementation of the capacity-building support project for labour administration, referred to above, a number of activities will be undertaken in the short term, such as the organization of a workshop on the effectiveness of labour law (modernization of inspection tools, inspection reports, inspection manual, preparation of violation notices, inspection techniques, discussion of administrative fines, etc.), and of three capacity-building workshops for labour inspectors and controllers on the rights of migrant workers, with the support of the International Organization for Migration. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that two inspectors were trained in 2024 at the International Training Centre in Turin to become trainers on the new instructions relating to the general principles of labour inspection. The Government adds that a national workshop, with the participation of all regional labour inspectors, was also organized on the same subject. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the number of inspectors and controllers who participated in the various workshops and the improvements achieved in the performance of their duties. Moreover, noting that the purchase plan of the Ministry of the Public Service and Labour for 2022 envisaged capacity-building for labour inspectors and controllers, the Committee also requests the Government to provide information on any measures adopted in this context, with an indication of the content and nature of the training provided, and the number of participants.

Articles 12(1)(a) and (b) and 18. Obstruction of labour inspectors in the performance of their duties. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes the Government’s indications that, under the terms of section 375 of the Labour Code, all civil and military authorities shall recognize the status of labour inspectors and controllers, upon presentation of their professional card, and shall provide them at their request with aid and assistance in the performance of their duties. In this regard, the Committee notes that, in response to the observations of the SGCAT reporting that over 60 per cent of labour inspectors and controllers do not have a professional card allowing them to discharge their duties, the Government indicates that only recently recruited labour inspectors and controllers had not received their professional cards due to a reorganization. Noting that the Government has not indicated the number of employers which have obstructed labour inspectors in the performance of their duties, the Committee once again requests it to provide this information and to indicate the nature of the penalties imposed on such employers.