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

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Faroe Islands

Article 8 of the Convention. Temporary exemptions – Compensatory rest. In its previous comment, the Committee noted that under the Working Environment Act, the circumstances under which temporary exemptions from the 24-hour Sunday rest rule may be granted seem to go beyond the limited cases specified in Article 8(1) of the Convention. It also noted that, as it presently reads, the Working Environment 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 the Committee’s observations and that legislative changes will be made, if deemed necessary, to ensure full compliance with this Article of the Convention. The Committee accordingly requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any progress made in this respect and to transmit the text of any revised or additional provision of the Working Environment Act once it has been adopted.