Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Faroe Islands

Article 5 of the Convention. Compensatory rest. In its previous comment, the Committee noted that as it presently reads, the Working Environment Time Act does not provide for compensatory rest for those workers who would perform Sunday work occasionally or exceptionally, as permitted under sections 44–45 of the Act. In its reply, the Government indicates that the Faroese Government is currently considering this matter and that legislative changes will be made, if deemed necessary, to ensure that mandatory compensatory rest is granted when exemptions are made to the rule of 24-hour rest every week. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any progress made in this regard, and to transmit the text of any revised or additional provision of the Working Environment Time Act once it has been adopted.