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Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935 (No. 47) - Azerbaijan (RATIFICATION: 1992)

The Committee remains concerned about section 96 of the Labour Code, which provides for the possibility to calculate the normal hours of work over a period of up to one year, without specifying the categories of employment concerned. It draws the attention of the Government, again, to the fact that Recommendation No. 116 on the reduction of working hours, 1962, provides for the calculation of normal average hours of work, however, only in cases where "special conditions in certain branches of activity or technical needs justify it" (Paragraph 12). It should be restricted to exceptional cases where the nature of the work, technical reasons or seasonal variations and periodic pressure of work make it necessary. In the light of these indications, the Committee hopes that the Government will take account of the provisions of the Recommendation and ensure that section 96 of the Labour Code is applied accordingly. It requests the Government to provide information about the practical application of this provision in its next report.

Part V of the report form. The Committee requests the Government to supply in the next report extracts from the reports of the inspection services and particulars of the number and nature of contraventions reported with regard to hours worked in excess of the 40-hour week, and any available statistical information.

The Committee also requests the Government to provide, together with the next report, a copy of Decree No. 544 of 27 January 1997, which is not available in the Office and cited in the Government’s previous report.