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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Kuwait (Ratification: 1964)

With reference also to its observation under the Convention, the Committee notes that the Government has not replied to the requests that it made in previous comments on the following points:

Communication of legislative texts. The Committee requested the Government to provide the new texts adopted respecting labour inspection, and particularly those referred to in the report of the seminar held in Kuwait from 18 to 22 April 1998, including Agreement No. 9 of 1998 and Resolution No. 8 of 1998 respecting labour inspection, the Order of 1994, which was referred to during the above seminar, establishing a tripartite inter-ministerial committee covering labour inspection, and any other relevant text.

Articles 9 and 20. The Committee also requested the Government to provide information on the manner in which effect is given to Article 9, respecting the collaboration of specialists in medicine in the work of inspection, and Article 20, which establishes the requirement for the central inspection authority to publish, within the time limits laid down, annual inspection reports.

The Committee therefore once again hopes that the Government will not fail to provide the documents and information requested.

Article 10. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the manner in which effect is given to each of the provisions of this Article with regard to the number and distribution of labour inspectors, the material means placed at their disposal and the practical conditions under which visits of inspection are carried out.