NORWAY Outcome 11: Strengthening workplace compliance through labour inspection

Regulating decent working conditions is only partly accomplished through the ratification of international labour standards and the adoption of national labour laws in line with these standards. Ultimately, these standards and laws need to be translated into practice at the enterprise level for the benefit and protection of workers and as a contribution to sustainable and productive workplaces. Governments, employers and workers all have their part to play, but national systems of labour inspection have a legal mandate to ensure labour law compliance, whether through enforcement measures, technical advisory services or by identifying inadequacies in the law. Many labour inspectorates, however, lack the necessary strategic planning, training, tools, and resources (human and financial) to effectively carry out this function. The ILO – based on its Conventions, comparative knowledge and tools developed over the years on labour inspection – has a comparative advantage in providing technical assistance to governments on labour inspection. This project is designed to help governments overcome specific challenges faced by their labour inspectorates in collaboration with related agencies and the social partners. It also aims to improve and expand the tools available at the global level on labour inspection to improve the ILO’s comparative knowledge and to address the most common requests by countries for technical assistance in this field.

Project symbol

GLO/14/56/NOR

Admin unit

LABADMIN/OSH

Start date

01/04/2014

End date

31/12/2015

Total allocation

976683

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

869492

Development Partners

Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Country/Countries

Global

Outcomes

Promoting workplace compliance through labour inspection
Promoting sustainable enterprises