Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Madagascar (Ratification: 1971)

Article 6 of the Convention. The Committee notes from the Government's annual inspection report of 1990 that there are a significant number of contractual labour inspectors in addition to regular labour inspectors. Please provide further information on the status and conditions of service of these contractual labour inspectors and on how their stability of employment and independence from improper external influences, including changes of Government, is ensured as required by this Article of the Convention (see also paragraphs 136 to 148 of the 1985 General Survey on Labour Inspection).

Articles 10, 11 and 16. Further to its previous comments the Committee notes the information regarding the provision of local offices and service vehicles and alternative means of transportation for labour inspectors. It notes however the insufficiency of financial resources available to the labour inspection service as a result of the Government's general economic austerity programme, which limits inspection visits to those carried out after complaints or requests from workers. It further notes that not all the vacant posts in the service have been filled. The Committee wishes to recall the importance of the adequacy of the strength of the inspectorate, and the need to provide the necessary material means for labour inspectors to carry out their functions effectively and ensure that workplaces liable to inspections are visited with the necessary frequency and thoroughness required by the Convention. Please provide full details as to the measures taken or envisaged in this regard.

Article 12, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c)(i) and (iv). Further to its previous comments, the Committee recalls that neither the Labour Code (sections 109 to 115) nor Decree No. 61-226 of 10 May 1961 provides for the means and procedures for the exercise of the powers of labour inspectors. Please indicate any measures taken or envisaged to issue the decree provided for by the last paragraph of section 110 of the Labour Code, to establish such procedures, to which the Government referred in its 1985 report.

Articles 20 and 21. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the annual labour inspection report for 1990 does not contain statistics on workplaces liable to inspection and on the number of workers employed therein (Article 21(c)), or statistics of occupational diseases (Article 21(g)). The Committee trusts future annual inspection reports will be published and transmitted within the time-limits required by Article 20 and will contain all particulars listed in Article 21, in particular points (c) and (g).