Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2022, publiée 111ème session CIT (2023)

Convention (n° 81) sur l'inspection du travail, 1947 - Indonésie (Ratification: 2004)

Articles 1, 4, 10 and 11 of the Convention. Impact of decentralization on the effective functioning of the labour inspection system. Number of labour inspectors and material means placed at their disposal. The Government indicates in its report that the Ministry of Manpower has a policy on increasing the number of labour inspectors, based on the Minister of Manpower Regulation No. 4 of 2017. It adds that in 2020, 1,694 labour inspectors (1,169 men and 525 women) were employed across 34 provinces in the country, with the district of East Java employing most labour inspectors (182). The Committee notes that this represents an increase in the number of inspectors in comparison to 2018 when 1,574 inspectors were reported but that this number is still lower than the 1,927 inspectors reported in 2016. With respect to the improvement of facilities and infrastructure, the Government indicates that it is encouraging local governments to allocate their regional funds for labour inspection facilities and infrastructure in their respective regions. The Committee notes that, in 2020, the Labour Inspection Committee made recommendations to the Ministry of Manpower in order to accelerate labour inspection reforms, to initiate centralized implementation of labour inspection, and to provide facilities and infrastructure that meet health standards and protocols that allow labour inspectors to carry out their duties and functions. The Committee once again requests the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that labour inspectors are appointed in sufficient numbers, in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention. It requests the Government to provide information on the total number of appointed labour inspectors (disaggregated by gender), and the allocation of resources to labour inspection officers by the provincial and city/district levels of government. The Committee also requests the Government to provide detailed information on the measures taken to follow up with respect to the recommendations of the Labour Inspection Committee concerning labour inspection reforms, centralized implementation of labour inspection, and improvement of conditions of work of labour inspectors.

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