Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - France (Ratification: 1950)

The Committee notes the observations submitted by the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT) alleging non-application of Article 3, paragraph 2, and Article 10 of the Convention. The Union indicates that one of the eight labour inspection posts in the Department of Isère has been effectively held vacant for almost one year because the inspector who should do the inspection work in the post has also been given resonsibilities for vocational training. Consequently, a number of important enterprises have not been inspected for nine months, and the union's attempts to persuade the inspectorate to remedy the situation have failed. The Committee hopes the Government will include in its next report all due information in this respect.

The Committee recalls its previous comments concerning observations submitted by the General Confederation of Labour (Union of Social Affairs/Federation of Public Services/Labour Inspectorate for Transport), which read as follows:

The CGT/Union of Social Affairs indicates that, contrary to the observations communicated by the Government to the Committee of Experts in 1989, according to which "an increase in the budget allocated to the Labour Inspectorate for Transport is now under examination and measures to generalise the use of service cars are being taken",

- the budget allocated to transport costs has been reduced by 8.57 per cent;

- the staff of the Labour Inspectorate for Transport have been asked to limit their inspections and, in particular, no longer to carry out regular inspections;

- the use of service cars by the inspection services is not facilitated.

The Committee hopes, once more, that the Government will spare no effort in providing the Labour Inspectorate for Transport with all the means necessary for the effective exercise of their duties and requests it, in its next report, to supply information on the measures taken in this respect.