Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Macau Special Administrative Region (Ratification: 1999)

The Committee notes with interest the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention and wishes to draw attention to the following points.

Article 2, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention. The Committee notes that there seems to be no legislative provision dealing with the issues of simultaneous, wherever possible, weekly rest for all the persons concerned in each establishment, and the regular day of rest established by tradition or custom. It therefore requests the Government to supply additional explanations on these points.

Article 4, paragraph 1, read in conjunction with Article 6, paragraph 1. The Committee notes that under section 18 of Legislative Decree No. 24/89/M, where it is not feasible to apply the 24-hour weekly rest rule due to the nature of the sector of economic activity, workers must be given a rest of four consecutive days for each four-week work period. The Committee requests the Government to specify whether any industrial establishments are currently subject to special weekly rest schemes, the number of workers affected by such schemes and the reasons for the deferral of the rest day.

Article 7. The Committee notes the Government’s statement to the effect that no measure has as yet been taken to oblige employers to post notices at the workplace indicating the days and hours of collective rest or to draw up rosters informing workers of special rest schemes. The Government adds that the new draft labour legislation, which is currently at an advanced stage of the legislative process, is expected to remedy this situation. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of all future developments in this regard.

Part V of the report form. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply general information on the application of the Convention in practice, including for instance statistics on the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, extracts from reports of the labour inspection services showing the number of violations observed and sanctions imposed, full particulars on authorized total or partial exceptions, etc.