Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1) - United Arab Emirates (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee takes note of the explanations supplied by the Government in reply to its previous direct request.

It regrets to note that the Government has not conducted the study which was planned to determine, by industry and by occupation, the permanent and temporary exceptions which may be allowed to normal hours of work, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention. As the Government's report indicates, section 69 of Labour Code No. 8 of 1980 provides for a general and permanent exception but does not specify the exceptions that may be allowed in preparatory or complementary work as required by this provision of the Convention.

The Committee trusts that the Government will carry out the planned study in the near future and/or that, after consultation with workers' and employers' organizations, it will issue the necessary regulations to determine the exceptions that may be allowed to normal working hours. The Committee recalls that such regulations must determine the maximum number of additional hours in each instance in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention and that, in addition, under Article 8, paragraph 1(c), the employer is required to keep a record in the form prescribed by law or regulation of all additional hours worked in pursuance of Articles 3 and 6 of the Convention.