Report of the Director-General - Eighth Supplementary Report: Report of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Portugal of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), made under article 24 of the ILO Constitution by the Occupational Association of Professional Police Officers (ASPP/PSP)

Record of decisions | 31 October 2013

Decision on the 14th item on the agenda: Report of the Director-General

Eighth Supplementary Report: Report of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Portugal of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), made under article 24 of the ILO Constitution by the Occupational Association of Professional Police Officers (ASPP/PSP)

The Governing Body:

(a) approved the report contained in document GB.319/INS/14/8;

(b) invited the Government to take such measures, in consultation with the social partners, as may be necessary to ensure the effective application of Convention No. 155 with regard to the PSP, in law and in practice. This should include measures to ensure the review of the situation regarding the occupational safety and health and the working environment of the PSP, taking into account their specificities, in accordance with Article 7 of Convention No. 155, with a view to identifying major problems, evolving effective methods for dealing with them and evaluating results;

(c) entrusted the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations with following up on effect given to the conclusions of this report with respect to the application of Convention No. 155; and

(d) made the report publicly available and closed the procedure initiated by the representation of the complainant organization alleging the non-observance by Portugal of Convention No. 155.

(Document GB.319/INS/14/8, paragraph 90.)