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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Poland (Ratification: 1995)

Also referring to its observation, the Committee would like to draw the Government’s attention to the following points:

Article 6 of the Convention. Status and conditions of service of labour inspectors. The Committee notes the Government’s reference to section 41(1) and (2) of the Act on the National Labour Inspectorate (ANLI), which provides that inspectors are nominated by the Chief Labour Inspector after, in principle, having worked under a fixed-term contract not exceeding three years. It further notes that the majority of the 1,604 inspectors at the ANLI are nominated inspectors, while 344 inspectors have not been nominated, but are working under an employment contract (228 under a short-term contract not exceeding three years and 116 under a contract of indefinite duration).

The Committee further notes that in the period from the end of 2006 to the present, 567 employment relationships with the ANLI were terminated, while it understands that only eight of these dismissals concerned labour inspectors (two inspectors working under an employment contract and six nominated inspectors). The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the status and conditions of service (wage levels, allowances, social benefits, etc.) of nominated inspectors and those engaged under employment contracts (both fixed-term and indefinite duration).

Noting that inspectors employed under three-year fixed-term contracts have, in the past, all been nominated, the Committee asks the Government to indicate the duration of employment of the other 116 inspectors working under a contract of indefinite duration and whether it is envisaged to also nominate these inspectors.

Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Publication and communication to the ILO of an annual report on the work of the labour inspection services. The Committee notes that annual reports for 2009–10 on the work of the labour inspection services were not received at the Office. The Committee asks the Government to continue to publish annual reports containing the information required by Article 21(a)–(g) of the Convention and to continue to communicate these reports on a regular basis to the ILO.