Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Ghana (Ratification: 1959)

Article 4 of the Convention. Organization of the labour inspection system. The Committee previously noted that the Labour Department and the Factories and Inspectorate Department were undergoing a needs assessment and organizational restructuring. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide detailed information on the structure of the existing labour inspection system, the results of the assessment undertaken and any measures taken or envisaged to reorganize the labour inspectorate.

Article 7. Training of labour inspectors. The Committee notes that the Government has once again not provided the information concerning the training provided to labour inspectors. The Committee therefore once again requests the Government to provide information on the content, frequency and duration of the training given to inspectors in the course of their employment, as well as on the number of inspectors concerned.

Article 11(2). Reimbursement of travel expenses. The Committee notes that the Government has not provided the requested information on the procedures applicable for the reimbursement of travel and other expenses incurred in the exercise of their duties. The Committee once again requests the Government to describe the procedure applicable for the reimbursement to labour inspectors of the transport and travel expenses incurred in the course of their duty.