Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2008, Publicación: 98ª reunión CIT (2009)

Convenio sobre duración del trabajo y períodos de descanso (transportes por carretera), 1979 (núm. 153) - México (Ratificación : 1982)

Part IV of the report form. Practical application. The Committee notes the statistical information provided by the Government, according to which the number of workers in the transport sector has increased from 1.42 million persons in 2003 to 1.73 million in 2008. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including, for example, extracts from the reports of the inspection services indicating the number of violations reported relating to hours of work in road transport and the sanctions imposed; statistical data concerning the number of workers covered by the legislation; official studies carried out in the sector, such as activity reports of the Mexican Institute of Transport (IMT); copies of relevant collective agreements; regional initiatives on the harmonization of road transport and their possible repercussions on the application of the Convention; as well as any other information which would enable the Committee to assess the effective application of the provisions of the Convention.