Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

The Committee refers to its previous comments which read as follows:

Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. Under section 27, paragraph 2, of Decree No. 61/82, of 3 August 1982, taken in conjunction with section 8, which provides for a compulsory interval of ten hours between two periods of work, the prohibition of night work for women covers a total of ten hours, whereas the Convention prescribes 11 consecutive hours.

The Committee hopes that the necessary measures will be taken in the near future to bring the legislation into conformity with the provisions of the Convention and it requests the Government to report any progress achieved in this respect.