Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

The Committee notes that Decision (délibération) No. 2002-101 AFP of 1 August 2002 extended the number of exceptions to the ordinary weekly rest scheme, as established by section 3 of Decision No. 91-09/AT of 17 January 1991, to laboratory services and the security sector.

Article 7, paragraphs 1 and 4, of the Convention. The Committee notes that the Government’s report contains no reply to the second paragraph of its previous direct request. It hopes that the next report will include full information on the matter raised, which read as follows:

The Committee recalls that the special weekly rest schemes under Article 7, paragraph 1, can be applied only where the nature of the work, the nature of the service performed by the establishment, the size of the population to be served, or the number of persons employed is such that the provisions of Article 6 cannot be applied. In principle, allowing commercial enterprises to operate on Sundays (section 3, No. 26 of the amended Decision and the branch collective agreement of 22 July 1999) does not appear to be in response to the basic needs of the population, unless the social and economic situation of the territory requires it. The Committee would therefore be grateful if the Government would provide more detailed information on this point in its next report.