Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Czechia (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the Labour Code No. 65/1965, as amended up to 1 January 2003, and Decree No. 461/2000, repealing section 5 of Decree No. 108/1994, whose provisions on weekly rest were inconsistent with Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. It further notes Act No. 475/2001 on hours of work and rest periods of employees with unevenly distributed working hours in transport. The Committee requests the Government to provide additional information on the following points.

Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The scope of the Labour Code includes the categories of employees enumerated in sections 1 to 6. Certain categories (e.g. members of cooperatives, section 3) are governed by the Labour Code, unless another Act provides otherwise. The Committee requests the Government to supply any specific provisions on weekly rest applicable to these employees, other than those of the Labour Code.

Article 5. The Committee notes that the Labour Code does not provide for rest periods arranged to compensate for exceptions authorized in accordance with sections 91(2) to (4) and 96(1) and (2). Furthermore, section 96(3) of the Labour Code, while mentioning time off to be granted for overtime work, does not refer to any concrete provisions stipulating compensatory rest. The Committee therefore asks the Government to indicate any measures taken or envisaged with a view to providing, as far as possible, compensatory rest periods for workers engaged in industrial undertakings, under the circumstances specified under sections 91(2) to (4) and 96(1) and (2) of the Labour Code.

Part V of the report form. Please supply extracts from inspection reports and, if available, statistical data on the number of workers covered by the legislation on weekly rest as well as the number and nature of contraventions reported.