Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Niger (Ratification: 1979)

Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention. Human resources and material means of the labour inspection services. The Committee notes with interest the Government’s indications that the budget allocated to all regional inspection services has been considerably increased, supplying them with office equipment and IT equipment, transport facilities and fuel, and that in 2012, 11 assistant labour inspectors and eight assistant labour controllers were recruited, which were divided among all inspection services based on their needs. However, the Government also indicates that the difficulties relating to the application of the Convention are still attributable to the low level of human, material and logistical resources. The Committee requests the Government to continue to take the necessary measures to ensure that the inspection services have the necessary human capacity and logistical resources to discharge their functions effectively, and to provide information on any further developments in this respect. In this context, the Committee also asks the Government to describe in detail the current situation of the labour inspection services in terms of the human resources and material means available.

Articles 20 and 21. Annual report on the work of the inspection services. The Committee notes that the last annual labour inspection report was sent to the Office in 1988. While it notes the Government’s indications that measures have been taken to facilitate the elaboration of an annual labour inspection report which is currently being prepared, it also indicates that difficulties of a human, material and logistical nature remain. According to the Government, the information collected is often incomplete, unreliable, and not supplied in real time by all inspection services due to the lack of technical expertise in collecting and processing the data. The Committee once again reminds the Government of the importance of preparing annual reports on the work of the inspection system, as required under Article 20, containing information on the subjects specified in Article 21(a)–(g), in order to enable it to evaluate and provide further support in increasing the effectiveness of the labour inspection services. With reference to its general observations of 2009 and 2010, the Committee encourages the Government to continue to take measures that will facilitate the establishment, publication and communication to the ILO of an annual report containing the information required by Article 21(a)–(g), and to provide information on the concrete steps taken in this regard. It reminds the Government that it may avail itself of ILO technical assistance for this purpose if necessary.

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