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

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Iraq (Ratification: 1978)

1. Granting paid educational leave. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2008, indicating that legislation regulating paid educational leave was currently available to employees in the public service only, but that the Labour Code was currently being amended to conform with the Convention. The Committee hopes that the Government will include in its next report updated information on the provisions which give effect to the Convention, both in the public and the private sectors (Article 5 of the Convention).

2. Policy for the promotion of paid educational leave. Please indicate in the next report how the policy to promote the granting of paid educational leave for the purposes specified in the Convention has been formulated (Articles 2 and 3). Please also indicate how this policy is coordinated with general policies on employment, education and training, and hours of work (Article 4). Please describe the manner in which employers’ and workers’ organizations are involved in the formulation and application of the policy for the promotion of paid educational leave (Article 6).

3. Practical application. Please submit any extracts of reports, studies or inquiries relating to the practical application of the Convention, and any available statistics on the number of workers granted paid educational leave (Part V of the report form).