Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Isle of Man

Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Publication and content of the annual report on labour inspection activities. The Committee notes that, in reply to its request for information on the publication of the annual inspection report, the Government indicates that the Chief Health and Safety Inspector produces the report as an internal document as a means of recording progress with the Health and Safety Inspectorate’s workplan. It adds that statistics are supplied upon request to other government departments, political authorities or any other interested parties. The Committee wishes to emphasize that, in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention, an annual general report on the work of the inspection services has to be published. As it indicated in paragraph 331 of its General Survey of 2006 on labour inspection, publication of the annual report is intended to ensure the necessary transparency with regard to the resources, activities, difficulties and results of labour inspection. This gives the social partners and the public and private bodies concerned, including non‑governmental organizations, the opportunity to better understand the work and objectives of the labour inspectorate, as well as the problems it faces, and to contribute their views as to how it can be improved. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will not fail to take measures to ensure that full effect is given to the relevant provisions of the Convention and to keep the Office informed of any progress achieved in this respect.