Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1952)

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending 30 June 1997. It requests further information on a certain number of points.

Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government: (i) to provide information on the particular forms of cooperation between the labour inspection and the Presidential Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Office (Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos), the Office of the Public Prosecutor (Ministerio Público), the National Police (Policía Nacional), the General Directorate of Migration (Dirección General de Migración), and the Institute of Social Security; (ii) to indicate the measures that have been undertaken or are envisaged in order to ensure effective cooperation between the labour inspectorate and different government services in the area of prevention and supervision over the safety and health at work; and (iii) to indicate the body responsible for coordination of actions of inspection services and various governmental services in the area of safety and health at work.

Article 6. The Committee asks the Government to provide information enabling it to compare the average annual salary of labour inspectors with that of public officials and the average annual wage in Guatemala.

Article 7. The Committee asks the Government to provide details on the training opportunities for labour inspectors in the course of employment.

Article 8. Please provide information on the percentage of women appointed to the inspection staff in general and the relative percentage of women in higher grades of the labour inspection in particular.

Article 10. Please indicate whether there were any changes in the actual number of labour inspectors and their distribution among the capital and particular regions. Please also indicate whether ten new positions of labour inspectors, mentioned in the latest Government's report, have been established and what other measures have been undertaken or are envisaged in order to increase the number of labour inspectors.

Article 11. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the geographical distribution of cars and other means of transport furnished to labour inspectors in relation to the number of inspectors.

Article 15. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the practical application of Article 15, paragraph (a) of the Convention and, in particular, on the criteria and the procedure for its enforcement.

Article 16. The Committee asks the Government to indicate: (i) the total number of workplaces liable to inspection; (ii) the number of workplaces inspected during the latest reporting period; and (iii) the usual period between two consecutive planned inspections at each single workplace.

Article 20. The Committee notes that no copy of the annual general report of the central inspection authority of Guatemala was received. The Committee asks the Government to provide a copy of such report within the time limits set forth by paragraph 3 of Article 20 of the Convention and to indicate the procedure for access to the report by an interested party.

Article 21. The Committee asks the Government to take into consideration that annual reports of the central inspection authority should deal in particular with the subjects listed in Article 21 of the Convention, including, but not limited to, statistics of industrial accidents and statistics of occupational diseases (Article 21(f) and (g)).