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

Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) - Guinea (Ratification: 1966)

1. The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s latest reports do not contain a reply to its previous comments and do not include any new information in relation to the report provided in 2003. The Committee is therefore bound to reiterate its previous observation, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes that the Government, in accordance with section 171 of the Labour Code, will be submitting draft orders on sanitary facilities in workplaces and the provision of drinking water and non-alcoholic drinks in enterprises and establishments. The Committee also notes the draft decree establishing Committees on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (CHSCT).

2. The Committee recalls that, since 1989, it has been asking the Government to adopt the ministerial orders envisaged in section 171 of the Labour Code in the following areas: ventilation (Article 8 of the Convention); lighting (Article 9); drinking water (Article 12); seats for all workers (Article 14); and noise and vibrations (Article 18) in order to give effect to these provisions of the Convention. The Committee hopes that such decrees will be adopted after consultation with the representative organizations of employers and workers, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention.

3. Article 1. The Committee recalls its previous observation in which it drew attention to the fact that all workers who are mainly engaged in office work, including workers in the public services, are covered by the Convention. The Committee hopes that the Government will take the necessary measures in the near future to ensure the full application of the Convention in the public service and requests the Government to indicate the progress made in this regard.

2. Part IV of the report form. The Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the fact that the information that it is requested to provide in this respect concerns the number of workers covered by the national legislation and the number and nature of the contraventions reported. This type of information may be found, for example, in the reports of the labour inspection services.

3. The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary measures in the very near future.