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

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes with interest that the Government’s first detailed report on the application of this Convention, the instrument of ratification of which was registered in 1993, has now been received. It also notes the observations made by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SSSBiH), originally transmitted on its behalf by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), concerning the application of the Convention. According to the allegations of the SSSBiH, the majority of employers contravene the provisions of the labour legislation by preventing workers from using their weekly rest and by imposing working schedules that amount to 260 or more hours monthly. The Committee further notes the comments made by the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republika Srpska according to which those employed in commerce, who are principally female employees, enjoy no weekly rest given the fact that stores remain open almost round-the-clock. The Committee asks the Government to transmit any comments it may wish to make with regard to the observations of the two workers’ organizations so that these points be examined at its next session.

The Committee is also addressing a request on certain other points directly to the Government.