Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1995, publiée 82ème session CIT (1995)

Article 3 of the Convention. With reference to the previous comments, the Committee notes the Government's indication that sections 47 and 49 of the Factories Ordinance have not been brought into force, but that these provisions are used as the basis for encouraging compliance and observance. The Government considers that the wide definition of a "factory" under the Act allows for the coverage of all workers engaged in the execution of public contracts for the purpose of health, safety and welfare.

The Committee recalls that sections 47 and 49 provides for the application, inter alia, of provisions of the Ordinance concerning health and safety to docks, wharves, quays, warehouses and ships and to works of building and engineering construction. It therefore points out that the workers engaged in the execution of public contracts in these sectors are not covered by the provisions of the Ordinance. The Committee again requests the Government to indicate measures taken to ensure fair and reasonable conditions in health, safety and welfare matters for such workers as well as for the other workers that are engaged in the execution of public contracts and are not covered by the Factory Ordinance.