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

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Guinea (Ratification: 1982)

Legislation. Further to its previous comment, in which it noted the adoption of the new Labour Code (Act No. L/201/072/CNT of 10 January 2014), the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the implementing text for the new Labour Code is being prepared and that a copy will be provided as soon as they are enacted. The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of the text implementing the Labour Code as soon as it is adopted, so that the Committee may carry out a full analysis of the new legislation.

Articles 4 and 10 of the Convention. Organization and operation of the labour administration. In its previous comments, the Committee noted the Government’s indication that it was difficult to assess the labour administration system due to the dispersal of its functions among several ministerial departments. The Committee also noted the Government’s indication that it had requested assistance from the Office to carry out a study on the organization and operation of the Ministry of Labour and the Public Service, with the aim of consolidating the services of the labour administration and strengthening their capacity. In this regard, the Committee notes that, according to the information contained in the Government’s report and its report under the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), significant efforts have been made since 2012 to ensure that the labour administration services are grouped under the National Directorate of Labour, Employment and Labour Legislation, which itself is under the authority of the Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training, Employment and Labour, as are the General Labour Inspectorate (IGT), the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), the Guinean Employment Promotion Agency (AGUIPE) and the National Office of Vocational and Further Training (ONFPP).

The Committee also refers to its previous comments in which it noted the findings of a survey carried out in 2004 by the National Committee to Combat Corruption (ANLC) in collaboration with several international organizations, according to which the governance problems experienced by the country appear to be mainly due to the misappropriation of public funds and corruption in the public sector. The Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that, based on these findings, it intends to take a number of measures, including: the development of a new policy based on labour administration reforms; the allocation of the financial resources required by the labour administration; and the development of training in the context of combating corruption. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the composition and coordination of the labour administration services following their reorganization, including, where possible, an organizational chart of these services, as well as information on the status, working conditions and training of their staff. It also requests the Government to continue providing information on the measures taken or envisaged to strengthen the capacities, and particularly the financial capacities, of the labour administration and to combat corruption in the public sector, and to attach the report on the work of the ANLC.