Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Algeria (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

In its previous comments, the Committee noted with interest the provision of many legislative texts and practical information illustrating the substantial efforts made by the Government with a view to giving effect to a large number of the provisions of the Convention. It also requested the Government to provide details concerning the effect given in practice to certain legal provisions and to ensure that the annual inspection report required by Article 20 of the Convention on each of the subjects enumerated under Article 21 is published and communicated to the ILO within the prescribed time limits.

The Committee notes that the annual report has still not been received and that part of the information requested is missing from the Government’s report. It hopes that the central labour inspection authority will soon be in a position to fulfil its reporting obligation in accordance with the conditions as to form and substance set out in the above provisions of the Convention. It recalls the guidance provided in this respect by Part IV of Recommendation No. 81 which supplements the Convention; and, secondly, that information that is as detailed as possible will be provided in the Government’s report, for example on the number and geographical distribution of workplaces liable to inspection, as such data has to be provided under the requirements set out for inspectors in section 15 of Executive Decree No. 90-209 of 14 July 1990 to register employer entities placed under their control; the number, qualifications and geographical distribution of labour inspectors and controllers; the geographical distribution of the vehicles available to the labour inspectorate; the conditions and modalities of application of section 13 of Executive Decree No. 91-44 of 16 February 1991 respecting the granting of accommodation to labour inspectors; the modalities of implementation of section 20(2) of Decree No. 90 of 1990 respecting the use by inspection offices of the credits required for their operation, and particularly for the financing of the professional travel of inspectors and any use made of service vehicles; and the manner in which it is ensured that penalties for violations of the legal provisions enforceable by the labour inspectorate remain adequate, that is dissuasive, taking into account the substantial inflation of the currency in recent years.

Finally, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information on the legislative provisions which, if any, entrust labour inspectors with the function of identifying and combating child labour, and any other relevant data.