Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) - Guinea (Ratification: 1966)

Legislation. The Committee notes the information that no legislative changes have yet been undertaken but that a new Labour Code and related legislation – including in the areas of the distribution of drinking water and sanitary facilities at enterprises – which will take into account the comments by the Committee under this Convention, is still being prepared. The Committee must therefore repeat its statement that since 1989, it has been asking the Government to adopt the ministerial orders envisaged in section 171 of the Labour Code in the following areas: ventilation (Article 8 of the Convention); lighting (Article 9); drinking water (Article 12); seats for all workers (Article 14); and noise and vibrations (Article 18), in order to give effect to these provisions of the Convention. The Committee hopes that such orders will be adopted after consultation with the representative organizations of employers and workers, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention.

Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee notes the affirmation by the Government that all workers in the public as well as private sectors, are covered by occupational safety and health provisions. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information about the relevant legislation in this respect. To the extent that such legislation has not yet been adopted, it hopes that the Government will take the necessary measures in the near future to ensure a full application of the Convention in the public service and requests the Government to indicate the progress made in this regard.

Part IV of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the information that the Labour Code covers all workers in the private sector, that the 100,000 public sector workers are covered by public service legislation. It also notes the information that 11 technical occupational safety and health inspections were conducted in the course of 2011, but that no information was provided regarding the outcome of these inspections. The Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the fact that the information that it is requested to provide in this respect includes, inter alia, the number and nature of the contraventions reported. This type of information may be found, for example, in the reports of the labour inspection services.