Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148) - Egypt (Ratification: 1988)

Article 5(4) of the Convention. Opportunity for representatives of the employers and workers of the undertaking to accompany labour inspectors. Article 6(2). Duty of employers undertaking activities simultaneously at one workplace to collaborate. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that the Labour Code No. 12 of 2003, including Book 5 on occupational safety and health and work environment security, was in the process of being amended and that the amendments shall include the right for representatives of the employer and representatives of the workers of the undertaking to have the opportunity to accompany labour inspectors. In addition, noting that none of the provisions referred to by the Government regulate the situation where there are several employers undertaking activities simultaneously at one workplace, it requested the Government, in the context of this ongoing revision, to adopt the relevant measures to ensure that effect is given to Article 6(2). The Committee welcomes the information in the Government’s report that a new draft Labour Code was communicated to the ILO for comments and that this new draft will soon be submitted to the National Assembly. The Committee hopes that the revised Labour Code will give full effect to Articles 5(4) and 6(2) of the Convention, in light of its comments. It requests the Government to communicate the relevant amendments once they have been adopted.

Application in practice. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the application in practice of the Convention including, for instance, extracts from labour inspection reports with statistics, if available, on the number of workers covered by the legislation, the number and nature of the contraventions reported, the number, nature and causes of the accidents reported, and information on any practical difficulties in the application of the Convention.