Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes that pursuant to section 152 of the Labour Code, work is permitted on the weekly rest day, with the consent of the parties, provided that the work is not heavy, unhealthy or dangerous and is carried out in agricultural or stockraising establishments, or industrial undertakings which require continuity of work due to the nature of the needs which they satisfy or for an evident public or social interest. Section 152 further provides that in such cases, a worker receives double pay for work performed on a rest day. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether any provisions exist to ensure that, as far as possible, a worker employed in an industrial undertaking who works on his weekly rest day will be granted a compensatory rest period, regardless of any cash compensation.