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Plantations Convention, 1958 (No. 110) - Côte d'Ivoire (RATIFICATION: 1961)

Part II of the Convention. Engagement and recruitment of migrant workers. Articles 5 to 19. Part XI. Labour inspection. Articles 71 to 84. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its 2014 direct request. It notes the Government’s indication that labour inspectors ensure compliance with the Convention with respect to the recruitment and employment of migrant workers. The Government reiterates that the lack of transport facilities prevents the labour inspection services from conducting inspections in the agricultural sector, including on plantations. However, the Government emphasizes that it is committed to increasing the operational resources of labour inspectors to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Convention with regard to migrant workers employed on plantations. The Committee requests the Government to include in its next report precise and detailed information on the measures adopted to increase the operational resources made available to the labour inspectorate and on their specific impact on the work of the labour inspection services on plantations. In addition, the Committee expresses concern at the absence of information on developments regarding the normalization of the situation in the country after the post-electoral crisis, and particularly the conditions of the recruitment and employment of migrant workers on plantations. In its 2013 report, the Government indicated that a register and a map of agricultural undertakings was in the process of being established. Similarly, it indicated that it intended to document the number of workers employed on those undertakings. The Committee requests the Government to provide updated information on the implementation status of the above projects, and to make every effort to ensure that the plantation sector can be regularly inspected by the labour inspection services. In this regard, the Committee once again refers to its comments under the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), and the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129).

Part XIII (Medical care), Articles 89 to 91. The Government indicates in its report that it is committed to increasing the operational resources of labour inspectors, particularly in order to ensure the safety, health and improvement of the living and working conditions of workers. Regarding the health of plantation workers, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the results achieved by labour inspectors in enforcing the application of Articles 89 to 91 of the Convention in terms of the preventive action undertaken and the care provided to agricultural workers and their families.