GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON LABOUR INSPECTION

In the context of current workplace safety, strengthening the administration and labour inspection is a fundamental objective in promoting effective social policies at both international and national levels. In accordance with the provisions of Conventions No. 81 and 129 of the International Labour Organization and on the basis of Law no. 108/1999, the Labour Inspection was established and organized in Romania. The functioning of this institution is governed by the Regulation for the organization and functioning of the Labour Inspection, approved by the Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Justice no. 1095 / 22.02.2018. The Labour Inspection is aimed at monitoring employers’ fulfilment of the legal provisions in the field of work relations, safety and health at work. The purpose of this article is to highlight some aspects of the organization, functioning and attributions of the Labour Inspection. The Labour Inspection subordinates the territorial labour inspectorates, organized in each county, in which labour inspectors work, activity which consists in exercising control over the unitary application of the legal provisions in the field of competence. A priority for fulfilling the mission of the Labour Inspection is the assurance of the quality of the control act and the way of fulfilling the attributions of the staff of the institution and of the territorial labour inspectorates. In this respect, the Inspection Quality Control Body, which operates within the Labour Inspection, was established.