Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) - Slovakia (Ratification: 1993)

Article 3. Determination of the scope of application in case of doubt. The Committee notes the Government’s indication, in reply to its previous request, that while the tripartite Economic and Social Council has not held any discussions specifically regarding the applicability of the Convention, a number of issues falling within its scope were discussed as a part of other materials and strategies examined by the Council. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on possible cases concerning the scope of application of the Convention which have arisen and on the manner in which such cases may have been settled. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on the issues discussed by the Economic and Social Council which fell within the scope of the Convention.

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee notes the information that while infringements detected by labour inspectors have decreased by 2.02 per cent from 2012 (14,730 in 2013), the largest number of infringements were noted within smaller undertakings, mainly with regard to workplace equipment, health protection and the condition of listed equipment. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information in respect of the application of the Convention in practice, including extracts from inspection reports and statistics on the number and nature of infringements identified by the labour inspectorate and the measures taken in this respect.