Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Chile (Ratification: 1925)

The Committee notes the observations submitted by the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) on the application of the Convention and the shortcomings noted in a tyre enterprise. The Committee also noted the information supplied by the Government in reply to its observations, in particular, on the nature of contraventions reported in this enterprise by the labour inspection and the penalties imposed. Finally, it notes the Government's indications in respect of the state of national legislation with regard to the possibility of establishing exceptions to the common regime of weekly rest.

Recalling that under Article 4 of the Convention, total or partial exceptions may be authorized only after consultation with the representative organizations of the employers and workers concerned, and that compensatory periods of rest for the suspensions on diminutions made must be established (Article 5), the Committee requests the Government to supply a list, in its subsequent reports, of the exceptions authorized as well as general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, specifying, for example, the number of workers protected by the legislation as well as the number and nature of contraventions reported, as required by Article 6 of the Convention and Part V of the report form.