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

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1981)

The Committee notes the Government’s report received in January 2009 in which it indicates that the Ministry of Labour has issued instructions for the parties signing collective agreements to include in their agreements clauses giving effect to the Convention. However, no statistics are available to show that the private sector has complied with the provisions of the Convention. The Government also indicates that the entire staff of the National Technological Institute (INATEC) has been granted paid educational leave. The Committee reiterates its interest in examining information on the steps taken to encourage the granting of paid educational leave (in particular for workers in the private sector), in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. The Committee also asks the Government to include information in its next report on the application of the Convention in practice, as requested in Part V of the report form.