Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

The Committee notes the latest amendments to sections 73 (average earnings) and 149 (improvement of working conditions while on annual leave) of the Labour Code. It also notes the provisions of the 2003 Maritime Code on seafarers’ leave and holidays but recalls that seafarers fall outside the scope of application of this Convention.

Article 4 of the Convention. Proportionate leave. Further to its previous comment on this point, the Committee again requests the Government to specify how it is ensured in law and practice that employees whose length of service in any year is less than that required for the full entitlement to annual holiday with pay receive a holiday with pay proportionate to their length of service during that year, as prescribed by this Article of the Convention.

Part V of the report form. Practical application. The Committee notes that, according to a 2007 report published by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Latvia is among the countries with the lowest amount of leave among EU Member States. The Committee would appreciate if the Government would supply together with its next report up to date information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including statistics on the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, inspection results showing the number of breaches recorded and sanctions imposed, any difficulties encountered in the enforcement of the relevant legislation, copies of collective agreements containing clauses on annual holidays with pay, etc.