Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

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

Referring to its observation, the Committee asks the Government in addition to reply to its 2011 direct request, which read as follows:

Repetition

International cooperation. The Committee notes the information available in the ILO on the launch on 1 April 2011 of a pilot project under the framework of international cooperation and the Decent Work Country Programme focusing on strengthening labour inspection and which will be extended until 30 September 2012. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the development of the pilot project and its impact.

Article 3 of the Convention. Main functions of the system of labour inspection and duties in the area of labour relations. The Committee refers to its comments of 2008 in which it had noted that from the tables showing the activities carried out in 2005 by the regional labour inspection services, these mainly concerned interventions to settle labour disputes and various operations involving the calculation of social benefits due to the workers. From reading the Labour Inspection Handbook, it can be deduced that the situation has not progressed significantly in this respect. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate the measures taken to guarantee that the conciliation or mediation duties undertaken by the labour inspectors in the event of labour disputes do not interfere with the discharge of their primary duties and to provide information on any progress made in that regard, as well as any relevant documents.

Article 8. Gender mix of inspection personnel. The Committee asks the Government once again to indicate how the distribution of duties between men and women labour inspectors is organized in practice when the personnel of a workplace comprises men, women and young workers.

Article 13. Exercise of the right to issue orders on matters relating to occupational safety and health. The Committee had noted in its comments of 2008 that, pursuant to section 617(c) of the Labour Code, labour inspectors may examine the health and safety conditions of workplaces and must ensure that the legislation in force on the prevention of industrial accidents and occupational diseases is applied. The Committee requests the Government once again to specify the division of work between the occupational safety and health technical experts and labour inspectors covered by this provision. It would be grateful if it would also indicate the practical arrangements of their collaboration, as well as the authority to which reports on occupational safety and health and occupational accidents are addressed.

The Committee asks the Government once again to specify the legal provisions in force applying the provisions of Article 13 of the Convention concerning the right to issue orders to employers, with or without a specified time limit, in the event of danger to the health and safety of workers, and to provide the Office with a copy of the Decree No. 49-84 in force.