This originally included the oversight of the enforcement of the laws governing workplace health and safety, social insurance and the performance of collective labour contracts, as well as the task of carrying out advisory activities on the application of the laws in question.
À l'origine, cette mission incluait le contrôle de l'application des lois régissant les questions d'hygiène, de sécurité du travail, d'assurance sociale et des conventions collectives, ainsi que des fonctions de conseil concernant l'application de ces lois.