Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1) - Ghana (Ratification: 1973)

The Committee notes the Government’s report which limits itself to reproducing the report submitted in 2004. It also notes that the Labour Act of 8 October 2003 (Act No. 651) came into force on 31 March 2004. The Committee requests the Government to respond to the issues raised in its previous comments concerning compliance with Articles 2 (application of the Labour Act to task workers and the working hours of shift workers), 3 (additional hours worked), 5 (average number of hours worked), 6 (temporary exceptions) and 8 (notification of working hours and recording of additional hours worked) of the Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to communicate to the Office a copy of the implementing regulations of the Labour Act, as soon as they have been adopted.