Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1973)

Article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention. In reply to the Committee’s previous observation, the Government indicates, in a report received in September 2003, that no progress has been made at the legislative level to secure compensatory rest for workers employed on the weekly rest day. In the absence of any progress, the Committee is bound to repeat its previous observation, which read as follows:

The Committee notes with regret that the Government has taken no steps to bring the national legislation into line with the provisions of Article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention under which compensatory rest of a duration at least equivalent to the period provided for under Article 6 must be granted, without prejudice to any monetary compensation, where temporary exemptions are made in respect of weekly rest. It recalls that since 1976 it has been commenting on the need to amend to this effect section 31 of Regulatory Decree No. 244 of 1943, which provides that remuneration may be granted instead of compensatory rest. The Committee again expresses the hope that the Government will take the necessary steps to this end as soon as possible.

The Committee notes that the Government envisages amending certain provisions of the General Labour Act and hopes that the Government will take advantage of this occasion to bring section 31 of Decree No. 244 into conformity with the Convention. It hopes that the new legislation will be adopted in the near future and requests the Government to indicate any progress achieved in this respect and to provide a copy of the relevant text when it has been adopted.

The Committee also addresses a request directly to the Government on certain points.