Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Night Work of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946 (No. 79) - Cuba (Ratification: 1954)

The Committee notes the information communicated by the Government in its report and further notes the Government’s indication that the Labour Code is at present under review.

Article 3(1) of the Convention.  In comments that it has now formulated for several years, the Committee referred to section 224 of the Labour Code and to sections 128 and 129 of the General Regulations of the Act respecting Protection and Hygiene at Work. These sections provide that night work is forbidden from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for young persons of less than 16 years. The Committee recalled that these provisions were not in conformity with the Convention, which provides for a rest period of at least 12 consecutive hours, including the interval between 10 o’clock in the evening and 6 o’clock in the morning for young persons under 18 years of age. The Committee noted the Government’s statement that it had taken note of this omission, which related to the General Regulations of the Act respecting Protection and Hygiene at Work, and that it would add the necessary specifications when the above provisions were revised. The Committee hopes that the Government will do its utmost to take the measures needed to bring the legislation into conformity with the Convention on this point during the revision of the Labour Code, and requests the Government to inform it of the results of this revision.

The Committee takes note of Legislative Decree No. 147 of 9 June 1997, and requests the Government to send a copy to the Office.