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

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Tajikistan (Ratification: 1993)

Article 5 of the Convention. Compensatory periods of rest. The Committee notes that under section 82 of the Labour Code of 15 May 1997 (Text No. 417), work performed on a weekly rest day may be compensated by means of either an alternative day off or cash payment at a higher rate. The Committee wishes to emphasize in this respect that provision must be made, as far as possible, for compensatory periods of rest for any suspension or diminution of the period of weekly rest regardless of any cash compensation.

Article 7. Notices and rosters. The Committee notes the Government’s reference to section 65 of the Labour Code, which provides that all working-time arrangements, such as daily and weekly limits on hours of work, shift schedules, daily breaks and weekly rest periods, are established through internal rules, local legal acts or agreement between the employers and the workers concerned. Recalling that this Article of the Convention requires the posting of notices, or the drawing up of rosters, in order to keep the workers informed of the weekly rest scheme applicable to them, the Committee requests the Government to specify any legal provision(s) giving effect to this requirement of the Convention.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Government is requested to provide general information on the application of the Convention in practice, including for instance statistics on the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, extracts from reports of the labour inspection services showing the number of irregularities observed in the field of weekly rest and sanctions imposed, copies of collective agreements including clauses on weekly rest, etc.