CONFIDENTIAL
INSPECTORS, 26 LABOUR INSPECTORS CLASS 1 AND 89 LABOUR INSPECTORS
CLASS 11. HOWEVER AS AT 30TH NOVEMBER 1976, THE ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE LABOUR INSPECTORATE WAS: 9 SENIOR LABOUR INSPECTORS, 22 LABOUR INSPECTORS CLASS I AND 40 LABOUR INSPECTORS CLASS 11. LATEST RECRUITMENT IS EXPECTED TO YIELD 40 50 NEW INSPECTORS. LABOUR INSPECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM DUTIES BY DAY AND BY NIGHT.
IN 1975 AND THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1976, LABOUR INSPECTORS MADE 124,257 AND 97,737 VISITS RESPECTIVELY TO INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS TO CHECK FOR ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE IN DANGEROUS TRADES (AMONGST OTHER DUTIES).
WHENEVER A LABOUR, INSPECTOR IS SUSPICIOUS OF THE ACTUAL AGE OF A YOUNG PERSON BEING EMPLOYED IN AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING, HE IS
OBLIGED TO HAVE HIS/HER AGE-VERIFIED. (NEXT TWO WORDS UNDERLINED) IN ADDITION THREE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN INDUSTRY WERE CARRIED OUT IN 1975 AND THREE IN 1976. TABULAR RESULTS OF THESE CAMPAIGNS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
YEAR
DATE
NO. OF 1.US.
VISITED
NO. OF 1.US. NO. OF
EMPLOYING
CHILDREN
CHILDREN
EMPLOYED
5TH-7TH MARCH
5034
11
11
1975
22ND-24TH JULY
4517
80
101
28TH-30TH OCT.
4249
40
43
TOTAL
13800
131
155
24TH-26TH FEB
5451
27
28
1976
27TH-29TH JULY
4378
88
101
2ND-4TH NOV.
6230
31
34
TOTAL
GRAND TOTAL
/
16059
146
163
29859
277
318
TIME ALLOCATED TO FACTORY INSPECTIONS VARIES ACCORDING TO SIZE OF FACTORY, AREA OCCUPIED, NUMBERS EMPLOYED, AND OTHER FACTORS. A AVERAGE FIGURE WOULD BE MISLEADING.
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