Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Uganda (Ratification: 1963)

Articles 1, 16, 20 and 21 of the Convention. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that, despite its firm intentions to implement the Convention, the Government continues to face considerable financial constraints to provide logistics, transportation, typewriters, stationery for inspection visits to be conducted and annual labour inspection reports duly compiled and published, as required by the Convention. The Committee notes that the project document containing the 1988 ILO/JASPA advisory mission's recommendations to strengthen the labour inspectorate was submitted to the UNDP, but it did not attract any funding mainly because it was not within the priority themes of the country programme of the UNDP. It notes however that the ILO was able to respond partly by granting two scholarships for training on labour statistics at the ILO Turin Training Center in March-April 1993. It also notes that the Government is seeking further assistance from the African Regional Labour Administration Center (ARLAC) in Harare with the view to submitting a smaller project to strengthen the labour department. In the meantime the Government indicates that efforts are being made to compile and disseminate annual reports on labour inspection for 1990 and 1991. The Committee hopes these efforts will soon enable the Government to report improvements in the situation of labour inspection in the country, and that it will continue to supply information available.