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

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Mauritius (Ratification: 1969)

The committee notes with interest the detailed information provided in the Government’s report, as well as the abundant documentation attached to it.

Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Content and publication of an annual report. Referring to its General Observation of 2010 on this crucial issue, the Committee recalls that detailed and well prepared annual reports on the activities of the labour inspection system are of fundamental importance to assess its rate of coverage and to determine the resources that have to be allocated to this public function to achieve the objectives assigned to it. The Committee notes that the majority of information requested under Articles 20 and 21 are made available to the ILO either through hard copies transmitted by the Government with its report or statistics published via the website www.labour.gov.mu, and that, according to the Government, it has not been possible to finalize the publication of the annual report because the statistical unit of the Ministry is not yet fully operational. Therefore, the Committee strongly encourages the Government to pursue its efforts with a view to the fulfilment by the central inspection authority of its obligation to publish an annual report in accordance with Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention, as well as the guidance given in Part IV of the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81). The Committee requests the Government to keep the ILO informed of all the progress made in this regard.

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