Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2004, publiée 93ème session CIT (2005)

Convention (n° 155) sur la sécurité et la santé des travailleurs, 1981 - Suède (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee  notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation, which read as follows:

Further to its previous comments, which were based on the observations of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, the Committee notes the reply contained in the Government’s report. The Government states that the labour market parties always participate in the drafting of provisions issued by the National Board of Occupational Safety and Health, and this participation takes place through tripartite working groups and also through a consultation procedure. It adds that the labour market parties are consulted before the Board’s directorate makes decisions.

The Committee recalls the observations of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation that, as a result of a government resolution, the central parties on both sides have not been represented on the regional supervisory bodies (Swedish Employers’ Confederation - SAF - nominees having left the boards of all decision-making government authorities), and tripartite representation within the Work Environment Fund and on the governing bodies of testing and inspection organizations such as WEDAC and the National Testing and Research Institute had ceased for the same reason. The Trade Union Confederation had also indicated that complying with the requirements of Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention had become correspondingly difficult.

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would respond to this comment of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, taking into account the requirement of Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention for consultation with the representative organizations of employers and workers in the formulation, implementation and periodic review of national policy on occupational safety and health.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.