Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1988)

Referring to its observation, the Committee wishes to raise the following additional points.

Article 3 of the Convention. Progressive establishment of health services for all workers. Plans for the establishment of health services. The Committee notes that, pursuant to section 3 of Decree No. 127/014 which implements the Convention in all sectors of activity, the Decree establishes the compulsory minimum conditions for the implementation of occupational prevention and health services in all sectors of activity, whether they are commercial, industrial, rural or service activities, and whether or not they are carried out for profit. The executive shall progressively determine the activities to which the Decree will apply, when it has obtained the views of the National Occupational Safety and Health Council (CONASSAT). The Committee requests the Government to provide information on all sectors of activity to which Decree No. 128/014, regulating the application of the Convention in the chemical industry, will apply.

The Committee notes that the effect given by Decrees Nos 127/014 and 128/014 to Articles 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on their application in practice.

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee requests the Government to provide general information on the application in practice of the Convention in the next reporting period, and on the number of workers and sectors of activity in which the health services envisaged in the Convention have been implemented.