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

Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952 (No. 101) - Belize (Ratification: 1983)

Article 11 of the Convention and Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the statistical information provided by the Government concerning the number of workers covered and the number of labour inspections carried out in agricultural undertakings in the period 2006–07. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply up to date information on the practical application of the Convention, including, for instance, labour inspection results, copies of collective agreements containing clauses on annual leave, etc.

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the Revision of Standards, the ILO Governing Body has decided that Convention No. 101 should be classified as an outdated instrument and consequently States parties should be invited to denounce it and ratify at the same time the more recent Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132), which may no longer be fully up to date but remains relevant in certain respects (see GB.283/LILS/WP/PRS/1/2, paragraph 12). The ratification of Convention No. 132 would be all the more advisable as the legislation of Belize is of general scope covering all workers, including agricultural workers. The Committee recalls that the Government may draw on the technical assistance and advisory services of the Office regarding any consequential amendments that might be necessary to introduce in the Labour Act (Cap. 297) and asks the Government to keep the Office informed of any decision taken or envisaged in this respect.