Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Portugal (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee refers the Government to its observation and notes that pursuant to Article 38(5) of Legislative Decree No. 171/2004, the General Labour Inspectorate and the Institute for Occupational Safety, Health and Hygiene have replaced the Institute for the Improvement and Inspection of Working Conditions (IDICT). The Government has asked to indicate whether all IDICT’s areas of responsibility have been transferred to the new institute and to provide a copy of any relevant texts.

With reference to its previous comments and noting with interest the tables pertaining to labour inspection activities in the Azores, the Committee notes that, in its report on the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129), the Government states that it is envisaging individual annual inspection reports for the two autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira. The Committee hopes that such reports will be published and duly communicated to the ILO.