Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Estonia (Ratification: 1923)

Article 1 of the Convention. Scope of application. The Committee understands that new legislation has been enacted in order to implement the EU working time directive for the road transport sector. While noting that the road transport sector comprises approximately 1,900 enterprises employing 18,000 mobile workers, the Committee requests the Government to provide more detailed information, including any relevant laws, regulations or collective agreements not previously transmitted on the application of the Convention in the road transport industry.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government that there have been less than ten cases in the last three years whereby the temporary diminution of the weekly rest period from 36 to 24 hours has been authorized by virtue of section 21(4) of the Working and Rest Time Act of 2001, as last amended in March 2003. It would appreciate if the Government would continue providing up to date information in this regard, including, for instance, statistics on the approximate number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, labour inspection results showing the number of infringements of the weekly rest legislation observed and sanctions imposed, copies of collective agreements containing clauses on weekly rest, etc.

Finally, the Committee takes this opportunity to recall that, based on the conclusions and proposals of the Working Party on Policy regarding the Revision of Standards, the ILO Governing Body has decided that the ratification of up to date Conventions, including the Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14), and the Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106), should be encouraged because these instruments continue to respond to current needs (see GB.283/LILS/WP/PRS/1/2, paragraphs 17–18). The Committee accordingly invites the Government to contemplate ratifying Convention No. 106 and to keep the Office informed of any decision taken or envisaged in this respect.