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

Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) - Portugal (Ratification: 1985)

Further to its observation, the Committee requests the Government to provide additional information on the following points.

Article 1(1) of the Convention. Scope of application: agricultural sector. In its previous comments, the Committee noted the information provided by the Government that, pursuant to Council of Ministers Resolution No. 105/2004, the review of the occupational safety and health legislation applicable to the agricultural sector was to be completed by the end of October 2004. The Committee notes that the Government has not provided information concerning the legislation. Noting with interest that, according to the Government’s report, the occupational safety and health legislation is applicable to all workers, thereby ensuring the application of the Convention to agricultural workers, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the legislation which gives effect to the Convention with regard to agricultural workers. Referring to its observation, the Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on any developments relating to its stated intention to ratify the Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 (No. 184).

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the statistics provided by the Government, the judicial decisions concerning occupational accidents and the 2009 Operational Programme of the authority for working conditions. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the application of the Convention in practice and to include summaries of the judicial decisions communicated, indicating, where possible, the Articles of the Convention relating to the decisions communicated.