Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) - Fiji (Ratification: 1974)

The Committee notes the Government’s report which includes the information concerning the proposed Revised Mineral (Exploration and Exploitation) Bill 2006 and the adoption of the Employment Relations Promulgation 2007 (No. 36 of 2007). It also notes the information that the focus towards modern standards on risk identification, assessment and control as provided for in, inter alia, the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176) have been incorporated in the Revised Mineral (Exploration and Exploitation) Bill 2006, although not fully, but that the terms of Convention No. 176 are taken into account in the ongoing revision of the Mining Act 1978 (Cap 146). The Committee notes these developments and requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any new developments in the abovementioned respects.