Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Paraguay (Ratification: 1967)

Article 13 of the Convention. The Committee notes Decree No. 20.814 of 25 March 1987 to establish the Directorate of Health and Safety of the Ministry of Justice and Labour. It notes that this Decree does not give effect to this Article of the Convention, under which labour inspectors should have the right to make or have made orders requiring any appropriate measures to eliminate risks to the health or safety of workers. The Committee trusts that the Government will take the necessary measures in the near future to give full effect to the provisions of this Article of the Convention.

Article 16. In reply to the Committee's previous comments, the Government states that workplaces are inspected regularly. In this connection, the Committee recalls that, in order to enable it to gain a precise idea of the extent to which this Article of the Convention is applied, it is indispensable for it to be provided with statistics concerning the frequency of inspection visits. It therefore once again requests the Government, either in the context of its report on the application of the Convention, or in the annual inspection report, to supply detailed information on the number of workplaces that have been inspected and the number of workplaces that are liable to inspection.

Articles 20 and 21. The Committee notes with regret that, since the ratification of the Convention, no inspection report has yet reached the ILO. It trusts that the Government will not fail to take the necessary measures to ensure that annual reports on the work of the inspection services, containing detailed information on all the subjects listed in Article 21, are published and transmitted to the ILO within the time-limits set forth in Article 20. [The Government is asked to provide full particulars to the Conference at its 77th Session.]