Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Jamaica (Ratification: 1962)

Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Further to its observation, the Committee notes that the 1993 Statistical Bulletin of the Ministry of Labour (Labour Division) provides a wider coverage of inspection activities than the 1990 bulletin, and that despite the substantial increase of reported accidents, safety inspections and investigations of such accidents have also increased significantly. The Committee further notes that while statistics are provided in the 1993 bulletin regarding workplaces liable to inspection and the number of workers employed therein (Article 21(c)), and regarding industrial accidents (Article 21(f)), it continues not to provide statistics of violations and penalties imposed (Article 21(e)), and statistics of occupational disease (Article 21(g)). The Committee hopes that the adoption of a law, containing provisions such as sections 43 (2) and (3) and 61 (2)-18 of the initial draft Occupational Safety and Health Act that is in the process of preparation with the ILO assistance, will enable the Government to meet its obligation to include in the annual labour inspection report statistics on occupational disease. It hopes the Government will take all the necessary measures to include statistics of violations and penalties in future annual inspection reports which should be sent to the ILO within the time-limits stated in Article 20.