Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) - Seychelles (Ratification: 2005)

The Committee notes the information provided regarding effect given to Articles 1(2) and (3), 2(2) and (3), and 12 of the Convention.

Articles 4, 5, 11, and 15. National policy on occupational safety and health and implementing laws and regulations. The Committee notes the information that an updating of the 2006 national Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) profile is under way and that the draft national OSH policy which has been the object of tripartite consultations through the OSH Board and the National Consultative Committee on Employment (NCCE) will be finalized after the completion of the national OSH profile. The Committee hopes that a national OSH policy in line with Article 4 and other relevant articles of the Convention will soon be adopted and requests the Government to transmit a copy thereof as soon as it has been adopted.

Articles 13 and 19(f). Protection from undue consequences. Article 17. Collaboration when there are two or more employers at the same workplace. The Committee welcomes the information that relevant legislation is being reviewed to ensure compliance with these provisions of the Convention. The Committee hopes that the referenced legislative changes will soon be adopted and requests the Government to transmit a copy of relevant legislation once it has been adopted.

Article 19(a)–(e). Rights and duties of workers and their representatives. Article 20. Cooperation at the level of the enterprise. The Committee notes with interest the information that new legislation – Safety Officers Regulations – has been endorsed by the NCCE and is in the process of being gazetted. According to this draft, enterprises with more than 50 employees must employ a safety officer and in enterprises with less than 50 employees a safety representative must be elected. The Committee hopes that the referenced legislation will soon be adopted and requests the Government to transmit a copy of relevant legislation once it has been adopted.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes that the Government’s report is silent as regards the application in practice of this Convention. The Committee reiterates its request to the Government to provide a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in the country including extracts from inspection reports and, where such statistics exist, information on the number of workers covered by the legislation, the number and nature of the contraventions reported, the number nature and causes of the accidents reported, etc.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2013.]