Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Tunisia (Ratification: 1957)

The Committee notes the Government’s reports and the annual inspection reports for the period between 1994 and 1998, which contain partial responses to its previous comments. It wishes to draw attention to the following points.

1.  Statistics of violations and penalties imposed.  The Committee notes that statistics of violations and penalties imposed are still not contained in the annual reports and it requests the Government to take measures to ensure that they are transmitted in future in accordance with Article 21(e) of the Convention.

2.  Annual inspection reports.  The annual inspection reports provided contain detailed information showing a significant development in the resources and activities of the labour inspection system. The Committee notes in particular the efforts made, through the establishment of cooperation and consultation bodies, to improve cooperation and collaboration between the inspection services and other public institutions engaged in similar activities or which contribute to the achievement of progress in conditions of work. The Committee recalls that annual inspection reports should be published and transmitted within the time limits set out in Article 20 and it would be grateful if the Government would take the necessary measures to ensure the correct application of this provision.

3.  Child labour.  With reference to its general observation of 1999 on the Convention, and noting with interest the new provisions introduced into the Labour Code by Act No. 96-62 of 15 July 1995 relating to the conditions of work of children, the Committee hopes that appropriate measures will soon be taken to furnish labour inspectors with the legal and material means of exercising effective supervision in this area and that relevant statistics will be provided regularly in the annual inspection report.