Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Uganda (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Article 5(a) of the Convention. Cooperation between the inspection services and public institutions. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide information on the implementation of a comprehensive programme on integrated inspection to enable collaboration between public service sector agencies in the application of the Employment Act 2006. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that public sector agencies conduct joint inspections of workplaces. However, the Government does not provide further information on the institutional modalities for this collaboration. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the arrangements made to promote effective cooperation between the inspection services and other government services and public or private institutions engaged in similar activities, in accordance with Article 5(a) of the Convention.

Article 7(3). Training. The Committee notes the Government’s indication, in reply to the Committee’s previous request concerning staff development and training activities, that labour officers have been trained with the support of the ILO. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that labour inspectors are adequately trained for the performance of their duties, in accordance with Article 7(3) of the Convention, including copies of any written training programmes plus a report of training sessions conducted specifying dates, subjects addressed, and number of participants.

Article 14. Notification of industrial accidents and cases of occupational disease. The Committee notes the 2016 report on the audit undertaken by the auditor general of the Department of Occupational Safety and Health of the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) on enforcement of OSH activities. The report indicates that there is limited information sharing between the MGLSD, the Ministry of Health and the Uganda Police Force, regarding statistics of occupational accidents, diseases, injuries and fatalities. The report recommends that the MGLSD engage the Ministry of Health and the Uganda Police Force to obtain up-to-date information relating to occupational accidents, diseases, injuries and fatalities so as to ascertain the relevant trends for developing and implementing interventions aimed at minimizing occupational accidents, diseases and injuries. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that the labour inspectorate is notified of industrial accidents and cases of occupational disease as prescribed by Article 14 of the Convention.