Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) - Thailand (Ratification: 1969)

Article 7 of the Convention. Female workers. In reply to the Committee’s previous comments, the Government indicates that the maximum weights to be transported manually by female workers and young female workers, currently fixed at 25 kg and 20 kg respectively, are adapted to present labour circumstances. It adds that it will consider their review upon request by the representative organizations of employers and workers. With regard to the age limit for assignment to manual transport of loads, the Committee notes the Government’s statement that it will consider raising the minimum age from 15 years to 16 years, when national labour circumstances so permit and in consultation with the representative organizations of employers and workers. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on any measures, taken or envisaged, aimed at raising the age limit for assignment to manual transport of loads.

Application of the Convention in practice. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the penalties applicable to an employer infringing the provisions on maximum permissible weight limits for manual transport of loads. It also takes note of the several initiatives undertaken by the Government to support the action of labour inspection services, including a call centre receiving labour complaints, the Thai Labour Standard voluntary audit and certification for employers and the strengthening of local communities’ networks to prevent labour law infringements. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, including extracts from labour inspection reports indicating the number of labour inspection visits carried out and their results, the number and nature of contraventions reported and the sanctions imposed.