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

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Kenya (Ratification: 1979)

Articles 2 and 6 of the Convention. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that in practice employers willingly grant paid educational leave; and that new legislation is to provide for paid educational leave for trade union education in particular. Please indicate in future reports information on further steps taken, for instance through the tripartite Labour Advisory Board, to formulate and apply a policy to promote paid educational leave in the terms of this Article.

Article 3. Please describe the terms on which educational leave is in practice granted, as regards, for example, conditions, length of service, financial arrangements.

Article 8. Please describe the measures taken to ensure that there is equal treatment in respect of paid educational leave as provided in this Article.