Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Switzerland (Ratification: 1949)

Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Publication and content of the annual report on labour inspection activities. The Committee notes with satisfaction the publication of the annual report of the labour inspectorate for the period 2001–08 on the web site of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) (see www.seco.admin.ch/dokumentation/publikation/00008/00022/01737/index-htm1?lang=fr) and the annual report on occupational safety and health for the same period on the web site of the Federal Coordination Commission of Occupational Safety (CFST) (see www.ekas.admin.ch/index-fr.php?frameset=14). It notes in particular the conformity with the provisions of Article 20 of the Convention with regard to the date of publication of the report and the exhaustive nature of the information included in these reports on the matters referred to in Article 21. Furthermore, the maintenance on the above web sites of the reports relating to several years is useful in that it enables an analysis of developments in activities and the results achieved in relation to the measures implemented.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.