Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Article 2 of the Convention. For several years the Committee has been drawing the Government's attention to the need to adopt provisions to guarantee a weekly rest period of 24 consecutive hours for workers covered by the Convention but excluded from the Labour Law (Private Sector) of 1964, namely temporary workers employed for a period of less than six months and workers in enterprises employing fewer than five persons. At the Conference Committee in 1992, the Government indicated that a draft law under consideration provides for a weekly rest period of 24 consecutive hours for all workers, including the previously described workers. The Committee invited the Government to send a copy of the draft law mentioned above so that it could fully assess the steps taken to bring the legislation into complete conformity with the Convention.

The Committee notes that the Government has not transmitted a copy of the draft legislation, nor has it submitted a report on the application of the Convention. The Committee trusts that the draft legislation will be adopted as soon as possible in order to ensure full compliance with the Convention. It also hopes that the Government will soon indicate the concrete steps taken in this regard and supply copies of the relevant legislative text.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.

The Government is asked to report in detail in 1996.