CHAPTER X
LABOUR INSPECTION


Article 166

Labour inspection shall be carried out by special inspectors affiliated to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, who shall have the powers and authority specified in this Law.

Labour inspectors shall carry identity cards to be issued to them by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.


Article 167

Each labour inspector shall:

1. Ensure proper compliance with the provisions of this Law, particularly those related to employment terms, wage, and protection of workers during the performance of their work, and matters related to the health and safety of workers and the employment of juveniles and women.
2. Extend to employers and workers such technical information and advice that would enable them to apply the provisions of the law in the best possible manner.
3. Alert the competent authorities to any shortcomings not adequately addressed by the existing provisions and make appropriate recommendations in this respect.
4. Record violations of this Law or its executive regulations and orders.

1. To enter any firm subject to the provisions of this Law without previous notice at any hour of the day or night, but within the working hours.
2. To carry out any examination or inquiry necessary to verify due compliance with the Law. More particularly, he may:
   
1. Interrogate the employer or the workers, either privately or in the presence of witnesses, about any matters related to compliance with the provisions of the law.
2. Examine, and obtain copies and extracts of, all documents required to be kept in accordance with this Law and its executive orders.
   
3. Take sample(s) of materials used in connection with industrial or other operations that are subject to inspection, where such materials are suspected to have a harmful effect on the health or safety of the workers, for the purpose of having them analysed in authorised laboratories and ascertaining the degree of danger. He shall then notify the employer or his representatives of the result, and take appropriate measures in this connection.
   
4. Ensure that notices and announcements are posted at the workplace as required by this Law.

1. The provisions governing inspection;
2. The officials in charge of inspection;
3. Statistics of the firms that were subject to inspection, the number of workers employed therein, the number of inspection visits and tours made by the inspectors, the violations committed and penalties imposed, and the work-related injuries and occupational diseases.

1. Be fairly impartial.
2. Have no direct interest in the establishments they inspect.
3. Pass a special test of professional ethics after completing a period of training of at least three months.

1. Organizing inspection visits and making contacts with employers and workers.
2. Auditing of records and books.
3. Showing employers how to interpret legal texts and the advantages of applying such texts and assisting them in doing so.
4. Industrial technology and means of protection against work-related injuries and occupational diseases.
5. Production efficiency and its connection with the provision of favourable conditions for performance of work.

Creation date : 27/05/2007 @ 14:12
Last update : 28/05/2007 @ 09:47
Category : Labor Law
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