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INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION CONVENTION

of July 11, 1947 No. 81

About inspection of work in the industry and trade

General conference of the International Labour Organization,

called in Geneva by Administrative board of the International Labor Office and gathered on June 19, 1947 for the thirtieth session,

having decided to accept number of offers on inspection of work in the industry and trade that is the fourth item on the agenda of session,

having decided to give to these offers the form of the international convention, accepts this eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred forty seventh the following Convention which can hereinafter be referred to as as the Convention of 1947 on inspection of work:

Section I. Inspection of work in the industry

Article 1

Each member of the International Labour Organization concerning whom this Convention became effective shall have system of inspection of work on industrial enterprises.

Article 2

1. The system of inspection of work on industrial enterprises extends to all companies concerning which inspectors of work shall provide application of the provisions of the legislation relating to working conditions and to protection of workers in the course of their work.

2. The national legal system can withdraw from under operation of this Convention of the company of mining industry and transport or part of these companies.

Article 3

1. Enters task of system of inspection of work:

a) ensuring application of provisions of the legislation in the field of working conditions and safety of workers in the course of their work, as, for example, regulations on duration of the working day, the salary, labor safety, health care and welfare, use of work of children and teenagers and on other similar questions, in that measure in what inspectors of work should provide application of the specified provisions;

b) providing entrepreneurs and workers with technical information and councils about the most effective remedies of observance of legislative provisions;

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