Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2005, publiée 95ème session CIT (2006)

Article 2 of the Convention. Scope of application. The Committee notes that, pursuant to section 9 of the Labour Standards Act, 1977, the provisions of the same Act on weekly rest do not apply to a number of high-ranking employees, principally managerial staff and persons holding responsible positions in financial or business policy matters. The Committee draws the Government’s attention to the fact that Article 2 of the Convention establishes the right to weekly rest for "the whole of the staff employed in any industrial undertaking, public or private, or in any branch thereof". Article 4 of the Convention allows for total or partial exceptions (including suspensions or diminutions) to this rule, provided that special regard is paid to all proper humanitarian and economic considerations and that representative organizations of employers and workers are properly consulted. The Committee requests the Government to indicate in which manner these conditions have been fulfilled.

Part V of the report form. Please give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice including, for instance, extracts from the reports of the inspection services and, if such statistics are available, information concerning the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, as well as the number and nature of the contraventions reported.