Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Article 6 of the Convention. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government to the effect that legislation is to be revised to provide regulations to govern the permanent or temporary exceptions to normal working hours, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention. In its previous comment, the Committee considered that the degree of development of industry could not exempt the Government from adopting regulations to determine the permanent and temporary exceptions that may be allowed, in accordance with paragraph 1 of this provision, particularly since the legislation (section 39 of Act No. 11/84 of 20 June 1984) envisages the possibility of a number of exceptions (particularly for urgent work and in the event of force majeure).

The Committee hopes that these regulations will be adopted after consultation with the employers' and workers' organisations concerned and that they will determine the maximum number of additional hours that may be authorised in each instance and the increase in the rate of pay, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the same provision.