All publications: labour inspection

Labour administration and inspection needs assessment

Technical Memorandum: Sri Lanka

With the request of the Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations, the ILO sent a technical mission to Colombo. The purpose of the mission was to elaborate a technical memorandum with the objective of contributing to the strengthening...

Labour administration and inspection needs assessment

Technical Memorandum: Namibia

At the request of the Permanent Secretary of the Namibian Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the ILO sent a technical mission to Namibia to elaborate a technical memorandum with the objective to contribute to strengthening and improving of the...

Social rights and administrative regulations for effectiveness and sustainability: what modernization of labour law?

This paper deals with the adjustment and modernization of labour law in a period of global crisis which, according to the author: “confirmed the unsustainability of economic models that had been thought of as well established”.

Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body - Representation alleging non-observance by Spain of the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947...

Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body - Representation alleging non-observance by Peru of the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947...

Factsheet on labour inspection in Indonesia

Factsheet on labour inspection in Indonesia and the role and support of the ILO in strengthening labour inspection services.

Labour administration and labour inspection: Follow-up to the general discussion at the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference

In light of the general discussion of the Committee on Labour Administration at the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference (June 2011), this document proposes an action plan for the Office as a follow-up to the resolution and...

Study on Labour Inspection Sanctions and Remedies: The case of the United Kingdom

This report describes the main features of the UK legal system for enforcement of labour standards, with a focus on the key strategies and sanctions available to government agencies responsible for oversight and enforcement of minimum employment...

A Guide to Selected Labour Inspection Systems (with special reference to OSH)

This “Guide to Selected Labour Inspection Systems” is part of a research programme in the area of labour administration and labour inspection carried out by the ILO Labour Inspection and Administration Programme (LAB/ADMIN) with a view to better...

Strengthening rural labour inspection for high-quality and productive jobs

Key issues and policy options to promote labour inspection in agricultural and other rural enterprises.

Children in hazardous work: What we know, what we need to do

This report reviews the current state of knowledge concerning children in hazardous work and presents the case for a new focus on the issue as part of the wider global effort to eliminate the worst forms of child labour.

Towards widespread ratification and effective implementation of the governance Conventions - Plan of action (2010-2016)

Labour Inspection - Employment Policy - Tripartite Consultation

Labour ministries and labour administration in transition: recent developments and future prospects

This report is concerned with the organisation, resourcing and management of Labour Ministries and their role in national labour administration systems.

The good practices of labour inspection in Brazil: the eradication of labour analogous to slavery

This publication was produced under the framework of technical cooperation undertaken between the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Secretariat of Labour Inspection (SIT). This partnership is embodied in the collection “The Good...

Strengthening labour inspection services (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project INT/09/62/NOR - Evaluation consultant: Karstein Haarberg

International Labour Conference - Report on Labour Administration and Labour Inspection.

Ahead of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2011, LAB/ADMIN has published a report that discusses the developments and future challenges for national systems of labour administration and labour inspection....

Report V - Labour administration and labour inspection

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the current challenges and future perspectives facing labour administration and inspection systems and to identify key areas of action both for national labour administration and inspection...

Study on Labour Inspection Sanctions and Remedies: The case of Australia

This report describes the main features of the Australian legal system for enforcement of labour standards, with a focus on the key strategies and sanctions available to government agencies responsible for oversight and enforcement of minimum...

Labour inspection and development: Some reflections

This paper analyses the links between labour inspection and socio-economic development. It further provides an examination of tools and techniques for the identification, analysis and reporting of such links.

Labour Inspection in Italy

The labour inspection system in Italy has undergone substantial changes. It had to adapt to the economic and social circumstances characterised by changes in the labour market and in the employment relationship and it had to respond in a more...