Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2020, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Viet Nam (Ratification: 1994)

Other comments on C014

Direct Request

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Article 4(1) of the Convention. Exceptions to the weekly rest. Following its previous comments, the Committee notes that the Government indicates in its report that a new Labour Code was adopted in 2019 and will enter into force on 1 January 2021. It notes in particular that section 111(1) provides that: (i) each week an employee is entitled to a break of at least 24 consecutive hours; and (ii) where it is impossible for the employee to have a weekly day off due to the work cycle, the employer has the responsibility to ensure that on average the employee has at least four days off per month. The Committee notes that this provision could allow workers to work without weekly rest for unspecified periods, as long as “on average”, they get four days off per month. It requests the Government to indicate how this provision is implemented in practice.