Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2013, publiée 103ème session CIT (2014)

Convention (n° 148) sur le milieu de travail (pollution de l'air, bruit et vibrations), 1977 - Slovaquie (Ratification: 1993)

Article 5(1) and (2) of the Convention. Consultations of representatives of employers and workers. With reference to the Government’s previous report, the Committee notes that section 10 of Act No. 124/2006 Coll. of 2 February 2006 on occupational safety and health protection imposes an obligation upon employers to cooperate with workers and their representatives with a view to addressing health and safety issues in the working environment, in conformity with Article 5(3) of the Convention. It however notes that the reports submitted by the Government remain silent with regard to the consultations with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned in giving effect to the provisions of the Convention, provided by Article 5(1), and the association of representatives of employers and workers with the elaboration of provisions concerning the practical implementation of the measures prescribed under Article 4 of the Convention, in accordance with Article 5(2). The Committee would therefore be grateful if the Government would provide information on the procedure followed for giving effect to Article 5(1) and (2) of the Convention.

Article 8(2) and (3). Consultation of technically competent persons designated by employers’ and workers’ organizations and regular revision of exposure limits. As the report is silent on these matters, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken, in law and in practice, to ensure that the competent authority takes into account the opinion of technically competent persons designated by the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, in the elaboration of the criteria and the determination of the exposure limits (Article 8(2)); and that the criteria and exposure limits shall be established, supplemented and revised regularly in the light of current national and international knowledge and data (Article 8(3)).

Part IV of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government indicating that in 2011 the most frequent occupational risk factor was noise exposure (84.6 per cent of all workers performing hazardous work), while 4.9 per cent of such workers were exposed to vibrations. Statistics also showed that the most hazardous industry was industrial manufacturing and that there was a slight decrease in the number of workers exposed to occupational risk in the working environment. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, including information on the number of workers covered by the legislation; the number, nature and cause of accidents reported; and the number and nature of the contraventions reported.