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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Latvia (Ratification: 1994)

With reference to its observation, the Committee would like to raise the following additional questions.

Article 5(a). Effective cooperation between the labour inspection services and the justice system. The Government indicates that Cabinet Regulation No. 798 of 21 July 2009, regulates the procedures for exchange of information within the integrated system of the State Labour Inspectorate. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide a copy of the Regulation in question along with information on the manner of effective cooperation between the labour inspection services and the justice system is ensured.

Article 7(3). Training for labour inspectors. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government according to which, in the end of 2009, a new training system, methods for the evaluation of training needs, three training modules for newly recruited officials and employees, as well as specialized training and re-certification programmes were developed and established within the framework of the European Social Fund (ESF) Project on “Improvement of the Supervision of Employment Legal Relationships and Work Safety System”. Moreover, the Government indicates that, in 2010, various seminars on unregistered employment and labour protection, as well as on anti-corruption, were organized for labour inspectors. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide details on the nature and functioning of the newly established training system, as well as on the content, frequency and impact of the training modules, certification programmes, and seminars organized for labour inspectors.