The Directorate General for Labour has authority over the decentralised services and is responsible for the application of Convention No. 81 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) of 11 July 1947 on labour inspection, as well as Convention No. 129 of 25 June 1969 on labour inspection in agriculture, Convention No. 178 of 22 October 1996 and regulations 5.1.4 to 5.1.6 of Title 5 of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 on the inspection of working and living conditions of seafarers.
In this capacity, it acts as the central authority, central body and central coordinating authority for labour inspectors, as provided for in these conventions.
It has authority over labour inspectors in the field of labour relations.
It lays down the procedures for coordination between the various inspection units in the inspection system.