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

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Ratification: 1997)

Further to its previous direct request, the Committee notes with interest the formal cancellation made by the Government of the earlier modification in respect of Article 2(2) of the Convention so that the Convention is now applied to all employees, both manual and non-manual, irrespective of their earnings.

Points III and V of the report form. The Committee notes from the Government's report that, for the period 1 July 1990 to 30 June 1993, 1,273 prosecutions were instituted against employers for employing women and young persons on rest days in contravention of the Women and Young Persons (Industry) Regulations. Furthermore, it notes that fines imposed in this regard amounted to HK$2,478,150. The Government is requested to indicate any further steps taken or envisaged to ensure that the legislation applying the provisions of the Convention, in particular the Women and Young Persons (Industry) Regulations, is sufficiently supervised and enforced to assure the practical application of the provisions of the Convention; and to supply information on any measures taken with respect to the organization and carrying out of inspection in this regard. The Government is also requested to continue to provide extracts from inspection reports and relevant statistics concerning the application of the Convention with its future reports.