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

The Committee notes from the Government's report that the Government is proposing to amend section 28(1) of the Employment Act, 1976, which prohibits women from performing work in industrial enterprises between the hours of 6.30 in the evening and 6.30 in the morning.

The Committee hopes that the proposed amendment will remain within the limits of the obligations deriving from the ratification of the Convention. It recalls that this lays down, for women employed in industrial undertakings, a rest period of at least 11 consecutive hours, including an interval of at least seven consecutive hours falling between 10 o'clock in the evening and 7 o'clock in the morning.

The Committee requests the Government to indicate any developments in this respect.