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

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Côte d'Ivoire (Ratification: 1960)

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. Total or partial exceptions and compensatory rest. In its previous comments, noting the Government’s statement that, in practice, any employees deprived of their weekly rest receive compensatory rest during the week, fixed in agreement with the employer, the Committee drew the Government’s attention to the risk of abuse arising from the difficulty of ensuring, in the absence of any legal or regulatory framework, that the employees’ interests are duly taken into account when compensatory rest periods are fixed. In its reply, the Government indicates that no measures have as yet been taken or envisaged to enshrine the compensatory rest practice in law, but specifies that employees are able to report any instances of abuse to the labour inspectorate. The Committee is bound to point out in this connection that any exception, whether total or partial, to the basic principle of 24 hours of weekly rest must meet the requirements set in the Convention, and, in particular, must enable anyone required to work on the day of weekly rest to be provided, as far as possible, with compensatory periods of rest. The Committee accordingly expresses the hope that the Government will take all necessary measures without delay to ensure that the national legislation gives full effect to the requirements of Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention.