Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) - Türkiye (Ratification: 1975)

In its previous comments, the Committee had noted with satisfaction the modification of clause 90 of the table in the appendix to the Regulations on Arduous and Dangerous Work, 1973, which was introduced by the Regulations of 12 May 1991. Henceforth, the maximum permissible weight of loads which may be transported manually by one adult worker on the basis of a medical certificate is 50 kg.

The Committee notes the observation transmitted by the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions which shares the views of the Committee regarding the application of the Convention, found in its report presented to the 87th Session of the International Labour Conference.

The Committee further notes the explanations given by the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations concerning the abovementioned modification of clause 90. With respect to these explanations the Committee observes that clause 90 of the table in the appendix to the Regulations on Arduous and Dangerous Work, 1973, limits the maximum load, which may be transported manually by women and young persons under the age of 19, to 25 kg. The Committee therefore would draw the Government's attention to the ILO publication Maximum weights in load lifting and carrying (Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 59, Geneva, 1988) indicating 15 kg as the limit admissible for occasional lifting and carrying for women between the age of 19 and 45 years. The Committee hopes that the Government will re-examine the current limits of admissible loads to be transported manually by a woman in the light of the information contained in the abovementioned ILO publication to ensure that the assignment of women to manual transport of loads other than light loads is limited, in conformity with Article 7 of the Convention.