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Labour Inspectorates (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 (No. 85) - British Virgin Islands

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report concerning the application of Article 3 of the Convention on the measures taken to enable workers and their representatives to communicate freely with the inspectors.

Article 2 of the Convention. Training of labour inspectors. The Committee notes the Government’s indications that the two labour inspectors of the Labour Department received on-the-job training and that the senior inspector received training in the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and international arbitration. It also notes that there is a need for labour inspectors to receive more specific training, particularly in the area of occupational safety and health (OSH). The Committee requests that the Government provide information on the efforts made in this regard, and in particular on the measures taken to provide labour inspectors with training in the area of OSH, and on the results of these measures.

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee welcomes the statistical information provided by the Government in relation to the inspections undertaken, the infringements detected, and the complaints received from workers and employers in 2012 and 2013. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide statistical information on the application of the Convention in practice.