Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1999, publiée 88ème session CIT (2000)

The Committee notes the Government's latest report on the application of the Convention. It requests it to supply additional information on the following points.

Articles 1 and 4 of the Convention. Noting that section 57 of the Labour Code refers to sectors of activity whose hours of work and rest periods may be governed by a different regime from the common regime provided for under section 54 of the Code, the Committee wishes to draw the Government's attention to the fact that under Article 1(d) of the Convention, enterprises of transport of passengers or goods are considered to be "industrial undertakings" to which this provision applies. As regards the application of Article 4, the Committee recalls that possible exceptions may be authorized only after consultation with the representative organizations of employers and workers, where they exist, and account must be taken of humanitarian and economic considerations so as to limit such exceptions to the essential. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which effect is given to section 57 of the Labour Code and, where appropriate, to supply information on all total or partial exceptions authorized, specifying whether the representative organizations of employers and workers were consulted prior to the adoption of such exceptions.

Article 6. The Government is requested to transmit a detailed list of the exceptions granted in conformity with Article 4 of the Convention.

Article 7. The Government is asked to indicate the regulations or legislation which give effect to this Article and to provide copies of model notices and rosters.