Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments which covered the following points:

Article 1, paragraph 3, of the Convention. Limitation of the exemption respecting family undertakings, prescribed in section 7, subsection 3, of the Labour Code, to work "which is not deemed to be harmful, prejudicial or dangerous to young persons", in accordance with this provision of the Convention.

Article 2, paragraph 1. Prohibition of night work for a period of at least 12 consecutive hours, as prescribed by the Convention, instead of only 11 hours, as prescribed by section 23, subsection 2, of the Labour Code.

Article 3, paragraph 1. Prohibition of night work in the case of young persons under 18 years of age, in accordance with the Convention, instead of 16 years, as prescribed by sections 21 and 23 of the Labour Code.

Article 3, paragraph 2. Limitation of the exemptions respecting night work for vocational training establishments, provided for by section 25 of the Labour Code, to "specified industries or occupations which are required to be carried on continuously", and authorisation of such exemptions only in the case of young persons aged at least 16 years and subject to consultation with the employers' and workers' organisations concerned.

Article 3, paragraph 3. Requirement to grant a rest period of at least 13 consecutive hours between two working periods in the case of young persons employed at night for the purpose of vocational training, in accordance with this provision of the Convention.

The Committee also requests the Government to indicate the types of welfare establishments in which exemptions are permitted from the prohibition of night work in the case of young persons under section 25 of the Labour Code or of the corresponding provisions of the new Code.