Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132) - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ratification: 1993)

Article 3 of the Convention. Entitlement of workers to annual paid holiday. The Committee notes that the Government’s report does not contain any information concerning the observations made by the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republika Srpska concerning the serious problems of application of the labour legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Committee recalls that in these observations the Confederation denounced the fact that very often workers cannot take their annual holiday within the prescribed time limit due to work requirements and therefore accumulate unused days of leave that they eventually lose due to the fact that employers refuse to grant any holidays after these time limits. The Confederation also referred to the absence of regulations on hours of work, weekly rest and annual leave in the informal sector, which is problematic as this sector employs over 40 per cent of the active population. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide its comments on these matters so that they can be examined at the Committee’s next session.

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