Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1972)

Referring also to its observation, the Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the following points.

Articles 14, 21, 25, 26 and 27 of the Convention. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee notes that the Minister of Labour requested the director of the National Labour Inspectorate on 15 July 2004 to take measures to give effect to its comments of 2003. The Committee invites the Government to refer to its comments on Articles 20 and 21 of the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), and expresses hope that the Government will take the necessary measures as soon as possible to ensure that the central labour inspection authority meets its obligation to draw up, publish and communicate to the ILO an annual report on the work of the inspection services in agriculture containing the information required by Article 27(a)-(g) of Convention No. 81, either in the form of a separate report or as part of an annual general report, in accordance with the requirements of Article 26.

Article 24. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee notes that section 614 of the Labour Code on penalties has been amended by Act No. 7983 of 16 February 2000 (Worker Protection Act) concerning the determination of the basic wage taken into consideration for the calculation of penalties. The Government is requested to provide information on practice in this regard and examples of penalties applied for infringements on the basis of this new calculation as compared with the former system of penalties.