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

The Committee notes with interest the adoption of the Labour Code (Act No. 92-020) of 23 September 1992. The Committee requests the Government to provide additional information, in its next report, on the following points.

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. Section L.143 of the Labour Code permits exceptions to the right to a weekly day of rest, in principle granted on Sundays, for undertakings in which work cannot stop without grave inconveniences to collective life. Section L.144 of the Code further provides that decrees from the Ministry of Labour shall determine the list of such exceptions. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the practical application of these exceptions, and on any consultations with responsible associations of employers and workers in this regard. It would be grateful if the Government would also indicate what measures exist to ensure compensatory rest periods are granted when exemptions from the provision on weekly rest have been applied pursuant to sections L.143-L.144 of the Labour Code.

Article 6. The Committe requests the Government to furnish a list of the exceptions made under Article 4 of the Convention.

Article 7. The Committee requests the Government to indicate what legislative provisions give effect to Article 7 of the Convention and to supply models of notices established in accordance with this Article.