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

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Bangladesh (Ratification: 1972)

Article 2 of the Convention. Further to its previous comments, the Committee takes note of the notifications made under section 5(2) of the 1965 Shops and Establishments Act, copies of which the Government has provided. Whilst the Committee recalls the Government's earlier indication that these notifications are made irrespective of the number of workers employed in those enterprises, it notes that they do not refer to section 1(5) of the Act: it therefore appears that, as provided in section 1(4), they only apply to establishments in which five or more workers are employed. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate how it is ensured that effect is given to the Convention in respect of establishments where fewer than five workers are employed.

Article 8. Please include in future reports information on any exemptions or suspensions of weekly rest provisions made under section 3(1) of the 1965 Act.

Information provided by the Bangladesh Employers' Association has been noted.