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

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Anguilla

The Committee takes note of the report received in September 2013 in which the Government of Anguilla indicates the negative impact of the ongoing global financial crisis on its training policy and that only four scholarships were awarded in 2012. It appears that employees who work for certain private companies are paid salaries while pursuing training and professional development. The Government also draws attention to the fact that it is planning to introduce, in August 2014, revisions to its training policy regarding salaries payable to public officers on study leave. The Committee invites the Government to provide further information on the measures taken, within the framework of a national policy on paid educational leave, for workers in all sectors of the economy in order to contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3 of the Convention, and coordinated with the general policies enumerated in Article 4. It also invites the Government to include in its next report a general assessment of the manner in which the Convention is applied, including extracts of reports, studies and inquiries covering both the public and private sectors (Part V of the report form).