Labour Inspection 3
Labour Inspection 3 : ILO Convention No. 81 (1947) aims to secure, by regular inspections of workplaces, the enforcement of legal provisions for the protection of workers. Convention No. 81 provides for a system of labour inspection to secure the enforcement of the legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers in industrial workplaces, as well as in commercial workplaces if the ratifying ILO Member State accepts this extension. The Convention deals with the organization and functioning of inspection services, the responsibilities of a central authority, their cooperation with other public and private services and with employers and workers or their organizations, the recruitment of qualified staff in sufficient numbers (including women) and with appropriate status, material means and facilities (offices and transport), the thorough regular inspection of workplaces, and the publication of reports and annual statistics on the work of the inspection services. The Convention defines the functions of labour inspectors (to secure the enforcement of the law, to advise employers and workers, and to provide information to the competent authority) and their powers (i.e. the power to freely enter any workplace liable to inspection, to carry out inquiries freely and in particular to interrogate persons, to examine documents and take samples, to give orders with a view to remedying defects and to decide whether it is appropriate to give warning and advice, or to institute or recommend proceedings). In return, inspectors are required to respect certain obligations and are prohibited from having any direct or indirect interest in the undertakings under their supervision. They shall not reveal manufacturing or commercial secrets of the workplaces they inspect or the source of any complaint. See: Senior Labour Inspectors Committee
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