Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes that the information contained in the Government’s latest report indicates that effect has been given to Articles 11(1) and 12 of the Convention.

Article 13. Application to self-employed workers of the obligations of employers and workers. The Committee notes that the Government in its latest report provided no information about effect is given to this Article. The Committee requests the Government to indicate if the provisions of Part III of the Convention relating to the obligations of employers and workers apply to self-employed persons and, if so, to what extent.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the Government’s information that during 2010 the officials of the State Labour Inspectorate Service under the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population revealed 1,128 cases of violations of the Occupational Safety and Health rules under Sections 213 and 215 of the Labour Code of Azerbaijan No. 618-IG and imposed fines. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information covering a longer time period on the manner in which the Convention is applied in Azerbaijan, including, for instance, extracts from official reports of the State Labour Inspectorate Service, statistics on the number of workers covered by the legislation, the number and nature of the contraventions reported, as well as any other information allowing the Committee to assess more accurately how the Convention is applied in practice in the country.