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Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Angola (RATIFICATION: 1976)

ILO technical assistance and reform of the labour inspection system. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to keep the ILO informed of measures taken in the framework of the ongoing reform of the labour inspection system, particularly in respect of the recommendations made by the Office. The Government indicates that the implementation of the Institutional Development Plan is based on: (a) organic restructuring; (b) adequacy of human resources; (c) adequacy of infrastructure and means of action; and (d) institutional cooperation. It states that a draft organic statute on the general labour inspectorate has been prepared and submitted to the competent bodies for evaluation and approval.

The Committee also notes with interest the information provided in the Government’s report and that contained in the 2010 and 2011 inspection reports, particularly concerning: (a) the recruitment by competition in 2011 of 78 new inspectors and the recruitment and initial training planned for 2012 of a further 58 inspectors; (b) the implementation of an initial 120-hour training course for labour inspectors on labour inspection and control activities, including an introduction to law and to occupational safety and health; (c) the organization of continuous training sessions, particularly in the areas of labour relations and occupational safety and health; (d) the acquisition in 2011 of 30 cars for use by local offices and the acquisition of another 30 planned for 2012; (e) the supply of computers to central and local offices and the supply of 50 laptops for 50 country units planned for 2012; (f) the renewal of much of the office furniture in central offices and in the Luanda local services; (g) the development of a data base, which, the Government hopes, will be finalized by the end of 2012; (h) the holding of a conference on the new occupational safety and health challenges organized with ILO support and attended by 50 labour inspectors, as well as employers’ and workers’ representatives; (i) the participation of inspectors from the ministries of industry, of health and of the interior in a visit to facilities of a nitrogen production plant; (j) the launching in 2010 and 2011 of campaigns on occupational accident and disease prevention in the civil construction sector; (k) the holding of and participation in conferences and seminars organized by enterprises on occupational safety and health, occupational accident and disease prevention and the responsibility of employers and workers in the application of standards on occupational safety and health. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the measures taken in the framework of the reform of the labour inspection system, particularly the measures to follow-up on the recommendations made in the context of ILO assistance for the implementation of the legislative reforms, describing their impaction on the application of the Convention in the areas of occupational safety and health, conditions of service (remuneration and labour inspectors’ career prospects), the functions of labour inspectors (with a view to relieving them of additional functions, such as mediation and conciliation), classification of breaches of labour law according to their gravity, determination of appropriate sanctions, the obligation to notify to the labour inspectorate cases of occupational accidents and diseases, and the need to ensure the enforcement of legal provisions. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would also provide a copy of any relevant texts or documents.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.