Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report.

Article 3 paragraph 1, of the Convention.  In its previous comments, the Committee had requested the Government to indicate the measures that had been taken or were envisaged to ensure that the prohibition on night work for young persons, set out in Act No. 81-03 of 21 February 1981, covered in all cases a period of at least 11 consecutive hours, in accordance with the Convention. The Committee had noted that section 28 of Act No. 90-11 of 21 April 1990 respecting conditions of employment prohibits the employment in night work of workers of either sex aged less than 19 years. Night work is defined in section 27 of the above Act as any work performed between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. The Committee had noted that Act No. 90-11 of 21 April 1990 contained exactly the same provisions as sections 13 and 14 of Act No. 81-03 of 21 February 1981, on which it had been commenting for many years.

The Committee notes the Government’s intention to undertake a definition of night work when revising Act No. 90-11 of 21 April 1990. The Committee hopes that measures will be taken in the near future to give full effect to the Convention and also requests the Government to inform it of any progress achieved in this respect.