Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1960)

Articles 10, 11, 16, 20 and 21 of the Convention. With reference to its previous comment, the Committee notes that the Government's report makes no further mention of the lack of human and material resources for compiling and publishing the annual report on the work of the inspection services. It notes, however, that the information in Annex 5 to the Government's report does not constitute a single document, nor does it contain all the information required for the annual report in accordance with Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. The Committee draws the Government's attention to paragraphs 277 and 278 of its General Survey of 1985 on labour inspection in which it indicates that "in cases where there are difficulties of a financial nature in the publication of an annual report, recourse to inexpensive methods of printing - for instance roneoed or mimeographed inspection reports - should enable the requirements of the Conventions (Nos. 81 and 129) to be met, provided that the reports are widely disseminated among the authorities and administrations concerned and among workers' and employers' organizations, and that they are placed at the disposal of all interested parties" and that "it is desirable that the information to be contained in the annual inspection report should be published in a single document and not scattered throughout a number of publications". Furthermore, the Committee notes that according to the Government's report, a series of measures have been implemented, the joint inspection programme amongst others, in an attempt to inspect workplaces frequently. It would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report or in the annual report, which the Committee trusts will be sent to the Office within the time-limits prescribed in Article 20, the progress made in increasing the frequency of inspection visits. It also trusts that the annual report will contain all the information required by Article 21 and that it will be published in such a way as to ensure the broadest possible circulation.