Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2016, Publicación: 106ª reunión CIT (2017)

Convenio sobre la inspección del trabajo, 1947 (núm. 81) - Armenia (Ratificación : 2004)

Article 3(1) and (2) of the Convention. Activities of the labour inspectorate in the area of undeclared work. In its previous comment, the Committee noted the observations made by the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia (RUEA) in 2011, that the number of inspections had halved, but revealed that cases of undeclared work had doubled, and that during 2009–11, almost 2,650 cases of undeclared work were discovered. Since the Government has not provided a reply in relation to this request, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the overall number of inspections undertaken as well as the number of cases of undeclared work discovered. The Committee also once again requests the Government to specify the measures ordered by the labour inspectorate when cases of undeclared work are discovered and the impact of these measures on the principal objective of the labour inspectorate under the Convention, which is the enforcement of legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers while engaged in their work.

Articles 5(a), 17 and 18. Cooperation between the labour inspectorate and the judicial bodies and penalties imposed on the perpetrators of violations. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report in reply to its previous request concerning the number of judicial proceedings, the outcome of these proceedings and the average time spent between imposing the fine and its payment, which according to the Government, may take a few years where court decisions are appealed. The Committee requests the Government to provide an explanation for the low number of judicial proceedings undertaken during the reporting period. Since the Government has not provided this information, the Committee also once again requests the Government to provide information on the mechanisms in place to enhance cooperation between the labour inspectorate and the judicial bodies (the organization of trainings, the establishment of a register of judicial decisions allowing labour inspectors to learn about the outcome of proceedings initiated, etc.).

Article 5(b). Collaboration between labour inspectors and employers and workers or their organizations. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government regarding the number of consultations with the social partners held during seminars in 2014. However, since the Government has not provided information on the frequency of meetings held with social partners nor the subjects covered by such meetings, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide this information.