Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Mauritius (Ratification: 1969)

With reference also to its observation on the application of the Convention, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the following points.

Labour inspection and child labour. The Committee notes the data provided on the supervisory activities relating to child labour for the period from July 1999 to May 2001. It notes with interest that every two weeks labour inspectors carry out a round of inspections specifically targeted at child labour and that jointly with the competent body of the Ministry responsible for training they carry out awareness-raising and educational activities for employers’ and workers’ organizations, as well as the public in general. Also noting the collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations and other ministries in the field of the protection of children, the Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the activities of labour inspectors with regard to child labour, and their results, and to ensure that such information is regularly provided in the annual report on the activities of the inspection services.

Articles 20 and 21. The Committee notes the report on the activities of the Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations for the period from July 1987 to June 1995, and the statistics on the staffing of the inspection services, workplaces liable to inspection and the workers employed therein, the number of inspections and employment accidents for the period 1999-2001. It reminds the Government that an annual inspection report covering the matters set out in points (a) to (g) of Article 21 should be published and communicated to the ILO within the time limits set out in Article 20. The Committee trusts that the Government will rapidly take the necessary measures to ensure that in future such a report is published regularly and communicated to the ILO.