Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Gabon (Ratification: 1960)

Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee notes the promulgation of Act No. 12/2000 of 12 November 2000 amending Act No. 3/94 of 21 November 1994 concerning the Labour Code. It also notes the abrogation of Decree No. 140/PR/MTERHFP of 14 February 1990 by Decree No. 728/PR/MTEFP of 29 June 1998 establishing the distribution of weekly hours of work. The Committee points out that section 3 of that Decree states that it does not apply to establishments with non stop operations or to those for which social implications necessitate a different distribution, in particular the transport sector and activities and operations connected with dock work. The Government also indicates in its report that the industrial sector is separate from agriculture and commerce inasmuch as each of these sectors is regulated by a collective agreement laying down specific provisions concerning hours of work. Hence the industrial sector is jointly regulated by the abovementioned Decree No. 728 and the collective agreement relating to industrial undertakings. The Committee asks the Government to send a copy of the said collective agreement with its next report and indicate the provisions governing weekly rest in the transport sector and in activities and operations connected with dock work.