Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2025, Publicación: 114ª reunión CIT (2026)

Convenio sobre la inspección del trabajo, 1947 (núm. 81) - Liberia (Ratificación : 2003)

Article 6 of the Convention. Conditions of service of the inspection staff. The Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that the salaries for inspectors range from US$247 to US$3,200 for the Inspector General. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide detailed information on the conditions of service of labour inspectors, including on their career prospects, as compared to the conditions of service (remuneration and career prospects) of other officials specifically identified as exercising similar functions.

Article 7. Initial and subsequent training of labour inspectors. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that: (i) the in-service training model is the principal approach in the training for labour inspectors; and (ii) training covers enforcement of the Decent Work Act. The Committee welcomes that, in November 2025, a three-day training covering modern inspection techniques, labour standards enforcement and workplace compliance procedures was organized. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the initial and subsequent training given to labour inspectors, including details on the number of participants, subjects covered and frequency of the trainings.

Article 12(1)(a). Extent of the right of free entrance of labour inspectors to workplaces liable to inspection. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that inspection during working hours is meant to be flexible and allow inspectors to enter workplaces at night when such workplaces operate at night (hotels and casinos, for instance). At the same time, the Committee reiterates its previous comment that the Decent Work Act does not contain a provision allowing inspectors to enter a workplace subject to inspection at any time during the night. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on any measures taken or envisaged to ensure that labour inspectors are legally authorized to enter and inspect workplaces liable to inspection not only during the day, but also at any hour of the night. 

Articles 13(2) and 17(1). Measures to be ordered with immediate executory force. Prompt legal proceedings without previous warning. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that labour inspectors make moderate use of their powers under these Articles. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on: (i) the number of verified complaints and prohibition notices issued by labour inspectors per year and to indicate the causes of such notices and their outcomes, including any court proceedings and sanctions imposed; and (ii) the provisions of national legislation establishing that persons who violate, or neglect to observe legal provisions enforceable by labour inspectors are liable to prompt legal proceedings without prior warning, except in cases in which previous notice to carry out remedial or preventive measures is to be given, as prescribed by Article 17(1) of the Convention.

Article 15(c). Confidentiality of the source of a complaint. The Committee notes that, under section 8.9(b) of the 2015 Decent Work Act, a labour inspector shall not disclose, except to a superior officer, the source of any complaint received by the labour inspector during the course of their employment. The Committee takes note of this information which replies to its previous request.

Articles 20 and 21. Annual reports on the activities of the labour inspection services. The Committee welcomes the Government’s indication that it has the intention to submit an annual report in 2025. Hoping that the Government soon will be able to report on positive results from its efforts, the Committee once again requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that the central authority is in a position to prepare annual labour inspection reports containing the information required under Article 21(a)–(g) of the Convention, publish them and transmit them to the ILO within the time limit laid down in Article 20(3). The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any progress made in this respect.

Furthermore, the Committee recalls its pending comment concerning the Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150), adopted by the Committee in 2024, to which the Government will be asked to respond in its next report.