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

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Belize (Ratification: 1999)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. Granting of paid educational leave to all workers. The Committee notes that the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention mostly contains information on the measures taken to provide paid educational leave for public officers under the Public Service Regulations, 2001. The Committee would be grateful to be provided with further information on the measures taken, within the framework of a national policy on paid educational leave for workers in all sectors of the economy in order to contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3 of the Convention, and coordinated with the general policies enumerated in Article 4.

2. Participation of employers’ and workers’ organizations and institutions. Please indicate the manner in which public authorities, employers’ and workers’ organizations and institutions or bodies providing education and training are associated, in a manner appropriate to national conditions and practice, with the formulation and application of the policy for the promotion of paid educational leave (Article 6).

3. Practical application. Please provide a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied, including extracts of reports, studies and inquiries covering both the public and private sectors (Part V of the report form).