Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Jordan (Ratification: 1979)

In its previous observations, the Committee noted the Government's indication that section 87(b) of the draft Labour Code, providing that the worker may, with the employer's approval, accumulate the weekly rest days and take them once a month, had been deleted from the draft Code. The Government's latest report indicates that the draft Labour Code is before Parliament for approval before it is brought into effect. The Committee hopes that the revised text will be adopted and transmitted to the Office in the very near future.

The Committee also noted that section 87(a) of the draft Code provides that the employer may, where the nature of the work requires it and with the written approval of the Minister, designate a day of the week other than Friday as the day of rest. The Committee again requests the Government to indicate the manner in which consultations with the representative employers' and workers' organizations concerned with respect to any such special weekly rest schemes is to be ensured, in conformity with Article 7, paragraph 4, of the Convention.

With regard to its previous comments concerning compensatory rest, the Committee would like to reiterate to the Government that in accordance with Article 8, paragraph 3, compensatory rest must be granted, regardless of any monetary remuneration, where temporary exemptions are made for the reasons enumerated in paragraph 1 of this Article. In this connection, the Government has indicated that, in accordance with the Committee's request, section 42 of the Labour Code has been amended to ensure the granting of compensatory rest. The Committee repeats its request to the Government to supply the Office with a copy of any text adopted which amends section 42 of the Labour Code in this regard.

The Government is asked to report in detail in 1996.