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The Committee notes from the Government's latest report that the Factories Act (1951), the Shops and Establishments Act (1951) and the Leave and Holidays Act (1951) have been redrafted taking into consideration the Committee's previous comments, and that the revised texts are now under final review by the Laws Security Central Body. The Committee hopes that these revised texts will be adopted and transmitted to the Office in the very near future and that they will ensure the application of the Convention to all undertakings set forth in Article 1 of the Convention, particularly small establishments, shops and offices in certain places, and building and public works and road transport undertakings, and especially on the following points:

Article 2, paragraph 2. Every person under 16 years of age should be entitled to an annual holiday with pay of at least 12 working days after one year of continuous service, whereas under section 4(1) of the Leave and Holidays Act workers between 15 and 16 years are only allowed ten days.

Article 4. Any agreement to forgo or relinquish the right to the minimum annual holiday with pay laid down in the Convention (i.e., six working days, or, in the case of persons under 16 years of age, 12 working days) must be void, whereas section 4(3) of the same Act allows agreements to accumulate earned leave.

[The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1993.]