Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) - France (Ratification: 1973)

Article 7 of the Convention. Assignment of young workers. The Committee notes that section D4153-39 of the Labour Code sets out weight limits for the handling of loads by young workers under the age of 18 years, and that specific weight limits have been created for both female and male workers between the ages of 14 and 15. The Committee again reminds the Government that Paragraph 21 of the Maximum Weight Recommendation, 1967 (No. 128), states that where the minimum age for assignment to manual transport of loads is less than 16 years, measures should be taken as speedily as possible to raise it to that level. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will undertake measures in the near future to raise the minimum age for assignment to manual transport of loads to 16 years.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government under its report on the Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62), which indicates that manual handling is one of the main causes of workplace accidents in the construction sector. The Committee asks the Government to indicate measures taken or envisaged to address the high number of workplace accidents caused by manual handling in the construction sector and to continue to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice.