Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Iraq (Ratification: 1960)

Further to its previous comments, concerning the provisions of the 1987 Labour Code, the Committee requests the Government to provide further information in its next report on the following points:

1. Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes for the first time the indication in the Government's report that the Convention is applied to the public service by virtue of Law No. 110 of 1972 on official holidays which provides that every Friday of the week is considered as an official holiday and Decisions Nos. 606 and 1119 of 1980 which provide for compensatory rest days. It requests the Government to provide a copy of Decision No. 606 and Decision No. 1119 of 1980 with its next report.

2. Article 5 and points III and V of the report form. The Committee notes from the Government's reply to its previous comments that there have been no infractions of section 61 of the 1987 Labour Code which provides either for full remuneration or for the provision of a compensatory day of rest when workers agree to work on a rest day. The Committee requests the Government to communicate, with future reports, statistics, if any, of the number of workers who work on rest days in accordance with the agreement permitted under section 61, and of these the number who are compensated by remuneration and the number granted a compensatory day of rest.