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Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952 (No. 101) - Barbados (RATIFICATION: 1967)

Article 11 of the Convention and Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the statistical information provided by the Government concerning the number of infringements of the labour legislation investigated and prosecuted in the period 2006–07, including cases of non‑payment of holiday pay. It also notes the information provided by the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) according to which there are many areas where the provisions for holidays made in collective agreements are substantially better than those allowed by statute. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue supplying up to date information on the practical application of the Convention, including, for instance, labour inspection results, copies of collective agreements containing clauses on annual leave, etc.

The Committee takes this opportunity to recall that, based on the conclusions and proposals of the Working Party on Policy regarding the Revision of Standards, the ILO Governing Body has decided that Convention No. 101 should be classified as an outdated instrument and consequently States parties should be invited to denounce it and ratify at the same time the more recent Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132), which may no longer be fully up to date but remains relevant in certain respects (see GB.283/LILS/WP/PRS/1/2, paragraph 12). The ratification of Convention No. 132 would be all the more advisable as the legislation of Barbados, which provides for a minimum duration of annual leave of three weeks and applies to all workers and all occupations, appears to be in substantial conformity with the requirements of the Convention. The Committee recalls that the Government may draw on the technical assistance and advisory services of the Office regarding any consequential amendments that might be necessary to introduce in the Holidays with Pay Act (Cap. 348) and asks the Government to keep the Office informed of any decision taken or envisaged in this respect.