Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Honduras (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee notes that the information supplied by the Government in its report is much the same as that in the report covering the previous period. The Committee nonetheless notes with interest the document published by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on the system for electronic follow-up of inspection visits implemented in the context of the Centroamérica Cumple y Gana cooperation project, and the operational inspection plan for 2009.

The Committee notes that on 4 October 2010 the Office received a communication from the Honduran National Business Council (COHEP) on the application of the Convention and that the communication was forwarded to the Government on 18 October 2010.

The Committee notes with regret that, contrary to the intention stated in its report, the Government has provided neither the copies of periodical reports by the regional inspection units (Article 19 of the Convention), nor the annual inspection report for 2009 (Articles 20 and 21). The Committee points out that information on the practical application of the Convention is essential to an assessment of the running of the inspection system and hence the extent to which the Convention is applied, and requests the Government to ensure that the abovementioned reports are sent as soon as possible so that they can be examined together with the report received on 27 August 2010, the points raised by COHEP in its comments on the application of the Convention, and any observations the Government may wish to submit in reply.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2011.]