Labour Inspectorate

Labour Inspectorate, U.D.C. 66.013/614.8.002. Processing Plants Checklist Areas of Attention for a Safe Design. Second Edition, Dutch Director General of Labor, Voorburg, The Netherlands, 1989. 

Fig. 16.6 Organisation of supervision/enforcement. An example LI = Labour Inspectorate, EI = Environment Inspectorate...

The task of monitoring compliance with chemicals legislation should be carried out by a relatively small number of special authorities. It is often appropriate to make use of existing inspectorates to the extent possible, provided they have the capability, capacity and specific expertise and methodology needed. Normally, traditional labour inspectors or environmental inspectors do not have the skills required for a chemicals inspection of primary suppliers. Regardless of the choice of inspectorates to supervise the various actors, appropriate statutes should ensure that enterprises do not run the risk of being checked by more than one inspectorate in relation to compliance with specific chemicals regulations. The responsibilities of inspectorates must be clearly separated. 

Some kind of supervision of labour safety and working conditions has been carried out by public authorities on the local, regional and central levels for almost 200 years. Today such activity is a governmental responsibility (SOU 2002 14). The Swedish Work Environment Authority (SWEA) was established in 2001 through the amalgamation of the Labour Inspectorate and the National Board of Occupational Safety and Health. SWEA s objective is to reduce the risks of ill-health and accidents in the workplace and to improve the work environment (in terms of social,... 

Committee for The Prevention of Disasters Caused by Dangerous Substances (CPR), First Edition 1982, from the Labour Inspectorate, The Netherlands... 

Austria Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour Department III - Labour Law and Labour Inspectorates Arbeitnehmerschutzbeirat Central Labour Inspectorate... 

The Netherlands Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid Directoraat-Generaal Arbeidsverhoudingen en Internationale Betrekkingen Health Council of the Netherlands Expert Committee on Occupational Standards -DECOS the Social and Economic Council Sub-Committee on MAC values of the Social and Economic Council Labour Inspectorate... 

Proposals for changes/amendments/new OELs are submitted by either the Ministry (Section HI) or by social partn s and less often by members of the scientific expert group itself. The agenda is prepared by the Central Labour Inspectorate or Zentrales Arbeitsimpektorat (as part of the Ministry and Section which also chairs the meetings. 

Central Labour Inspectorate (Zentral ArbeUsinspekiorai and its departments... 

Each Labour Inspectorate has a special medical service. 

The Central Labour Inspectorate does not perform measurements on its own, but depending on results of the visits of the local labour inspectors, it asks the Central... 

Office for Accidents and Occupational Diseases (of the Federal Accident Insurance Institution) to perfonn n asurements. The results of these measurements are kept at the local offices of the Labour Inspectorate but are not publicly available because diey are the result of an official legal procedure. In some cases (e.g. for wood dust, solvents or isdcyanates), the Central Office performs - within the framework of research projects - systematic measurement in order to get an overview of a specific type of exposure. The results of these research proj ts are published as technical reports and are publicly available. Most of the Labour Inspectorates have a technical department and a safety department to protect various groups ( gnant women, young people etc.). 

The Labour Inspectorate (i Inspection du Trami ) is responsible for monitoring and enforcing frie H S legislation including that on OBLs... 

The Labour Inspectorate (inspection du Travail) of the Ministry of Labour is responsible for the surveillance and enforcOTent of the legislation. In dition the organisations for social security exert, within the framework of their function as insurance conq)anies, a system of specific control and incentives to ensure the application of the legislation at enterprise level. 

Enforcement powers. Measures on hygiene, safety and working conditions and on the functioning of workers representation on health and saf are part of the Labour Code which is the main instrument on which the Labour Inspectorate relies to perform its tasks. With two complementary external intervention systems at enterprise level with respect to surveillance and enforcement of legislation in the field of health and safety and the prevention of occupational risks, the French system is a dual one. There is, on the one hand, the Labour Electorate as part of the Ministry of Labour, and on the other... 

The difference betw n the two types of French limit values, their enforcement, and the possibilities labour inspectors have become clear when loddr at the power of the Labour Inspectorate with respect to these two OELs. Air quality control measurements by the labour inspectors are only possible tor substances for which a binding limit value exists, which are thc e tor dust/fibres of asbestos, lead, benzene, vinyl chloride monomem etc. For substances for which indicative limit values have been adopted and published, the ender of 9 October 1987 does not allow the labour inspectors to enforce these OELs directly by issuing inqjrovement or entorcement orders. The nature of these limit values ( indicative/guidance ) does not pennit prescription of exact measures to enforce them. The cmly possibility to enforce them is via indirect sanctions on failures of the ventilation system and similar offences. 

The Labour Inspectorate monitoring function has been extended to include compliance with provisions diving horn collectiye agreements. In addition to this, it also performs advisory and information tonctions, 1ms responsibilities in the settlement of disputes and possesses certain decision-making powers. It may take part in the meetings of the... 

At enterprise and establishment level, the labour inspector is the official who has direct dealings with enterprise manners, unions and workforce representatives and... 

At regional level, its insp rs and consulting engineers have the same access and inquiry ri t as the natioi labour inspectors have. They perform risk assessments and give advice on prevention and protection measures in consultation and co-operation widi the Committee for Hygiene, Security and Working Conditions - CHSCT. Theiy can also refer to specialised laboratories. ... 

Greek Labour Inspectorate (SEPE). Legal basis. Presidential Decree 136/99... 

The basic objective of the Labour Inspectorate is to monitor the implementation of the provisions of labour legislation in respect of team and conditions of employment (such as working time limits and pay) the legality of employment the investigation of workers social insurance coverage as well as workers health and safety conditions. 

The Minister of Labour may impose the following sanctions, after receiving a reasoned report fi om the labour inspector ... 

Labour Inspectorate (Jspettorato del Lavoro) Local Health Agencies Uunitd sanitaria locale)... 

Enforcement powers. Between 1955 and 1978 the Labour Inspectorate Ispettorato del Lavoro) as an ofEce of the Ministry of Labour, decentralised to regional and provincial level, was the main body responsible for monitoring the application of labour legislation and collective agreements and the ftmctioning of social insurance, welfare and health arrangements. 

In the context of the implementation of the EU Framework Directive 89391/EEC a mom significant inspection role for the Labour Inspectorate was introduced in the late 1990s. The decree DPCM 14.10.1997 n.412 identified hi er risk sectors where control can be undertaken jointly by Labour Inspectorate and the prev tion service of the USL. PSAL activities include ... 

Monitoring and forcement of the legislation is performed by the Labour Inspectorate... 

Enforcement powers. Labour Inspectors have righte of access to workplaces and to certain information kept by the enterprise and can issue official notifications (of infi ingement, settlement, etc.) and propose administrative or penal sections for violations of social legislation Administrative offences, which are subject to sanctions imposed at the posal of the Labour Inspectorate, are covered mainly by the Labour Offences and Sanctions Act, first implemented in 1988/ the Workers Statute and the Prevention of Occupational Hazards Act. 

The Labour Inspectorate, as part of the Ministry, is responsible for surveying and enforcing the OELs. 

Who enforces the Exposure Limits Compliance with the established limit values is enforced by the labour inspectors of the National Offices for Industrial Safety of the Bundeslander. The National Offices for Industrial Safety, which the Labour Inspectorate (Gewerbeaufsicht) is part of, are normal authorities (Behorden) of the... 

Both surveillance authorities (The BGen and the State labour inspectors) visit companies for different reasons ... 

The data are not publicly available. Labour inspectors have the right to examine them, but can only use them within the framework of the control and surveillance of the enterprise. 

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