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

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Congo (Ratification: 1986)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee takes note of the Government’s report. It notes Decree No. 2003-219 of 21 August 2003 to organize the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, and Decree No. 2000-29 of 17 March 2000 on the composition of the National Technical Committee on occupational safety and health and occupational risk prevention.

1. Financial obstacles to the implementation of the Convention. The Committee notes that, although financial constraints have prevented adoption of special regulations for the management and staff of the labour administration and any meetings of the abovementioned Technical Committee, the Government welcomes the benefits drawn from the technical seminars organized with support from the ILO and the African Regional Centre for Labour Administration (CRADAT), and would like this type of training to be continued.

2. Organization and working of the administration system. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide further information on the current working of the labour administration system; provide a copy of the Decree setting out the powers of the new Ministry; indicate the number, types and terms of reference of any tripartite consultative bodies reporting to the Ministry; describe the bodies comprising the Ministry both at central level and in external departments; indicate any other bodies accountable to the Ministry; provide copies of any legal texts, reports or other documents pertaining to the composition, terms of reference and working of the bodies comprising the labour administration system (Articles 1, 4, 5 and 6).

The Government is requested also to provide information on the composition of the Technical Advisory Committee on international labour standards and all the matters on which consultations were held in the Technical Committee (Article 8).

3. Financial resources for meeting the obligations of the Convention. Noting with concern that the working of the labour administration is still severely affected by a lack of resources and that, despite technical assistance from the ILO, no new resources have been assigned to it, the Committee requests the Government to consider seeking further financial assistance through international cooperation with a view gradually to covering the human, material and logistical resources the labour administration needs in order to carry out its functions, as defined in Article 6. It would be grateful if the Government would keep the Office informed of any steps taken to this end and on any measures taken or envisaged to apply the provisions of the Convention in law and in practice, and to provide copies of any relevant texts.