Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Sri Lanka (Ratification: 1983)

Article 8, paragraph 1, of the Convention. With reference to its earlier comments, the Committee takes note of the information supplied by the Government concerning the accumulation of weekly rest days by hotel employees (which may be authorised in conformity with Article 7 of the Convention). However, the Committee wishes to draw the Government's attention to the fact that, under Article 5 (2) of the Shop and Office Employees Act, the Commissioner of Labour may authorise the accumulation of the weekly rest days of four consecutive weeks by reason, in particular, of "unforeseen circumstances", whereas this provision of the Convention lays down that exemptions from the provisions of Articles 6 and 7 may be granted only in the cases specified in Article 8, paragraph 1(a) to (c). It therefore requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to bring the legislation into line with the Convention on this point.