Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

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

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Article 7(3) of the Convention. Training. Noting the absence of new information on the matter, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide detailed information on the training provided to inspectors, including the duration and content of the induction training, and the number of participants, frequency and the subjects covered for subsequent training sessions.

Article 14. Notification of industrial accidents and cases of occupational disease.Noting the absence of new information on the matter, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the implementation of section 42(2) of the Employment Act and section 10 of the Workers Compensation Act with a view to ensuring that the labour inspectorate is notified of industrial accidents, and to provide further information on the measures taken in law and practice in order to ensure the notification of cases of occupational disease, in conformity with Article 14 of the Convention. The Committee also once again requests the Government to provide information on the number of industrial accidents and the number of cases of occupational disease reported to the relevant authorities.

[The Government is asked to reply in full to the present comments in 2025.]