Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2009, publiée 99ème session CIT (2010)

Formulation and application of a policy designed to promote the granting of paid educational leave. In reply to its previous direct requests, the Government reports that the Adult Education Act continues to provide the legal framework for non-formal adult education. It also indicates that paid educational leave is financed by each employer on an individual basis. The number of days allocated for paid educational leave has been constant over the years. In this connection, the Government points out that in institutions belonging to the public sector, employers are still providing better conditions for training and lifelong learning, whereas businesses in the private sector are providing less support for continuing education and training of their workers than in previous years. The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report more detailed information on the manner in which a policy to promote paid educational leave is applied the terms of the Convention (Articles 2 and 6 of the Convention), including statistics on the number of workers granted paid educational leave both in the public and private sectors (Part V of the report form).