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

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1973)

Article 8(3) of the Convention. Compensatory rest. The Committee recalls that it has been commenting since 1976 on the need to amend section 31 of Regulatory Decree No. 244 of 1943 which allows the employer, in the event of work being carried out on the Sunday rest day, to grant the worker either compensatory rest on another day of the week or extra pay at double the worker’s basic wage rate. The Committee once again stresses that, in accordance with Article 8(3) of the Convention, where temporary exceptions are made in respect of the weekly rest day, compensatory rest of a total duration of at least 24 consecutive hours must be granted, irrespective of the payment of any financial compensation. While noting the Government’s indication that the tripartite commission responsible for reviewing the General Labour Act will examine section 31 as soon as it resumes its work, the Committee observes that no significant progress appears to have been made with regard to the revision of the General Labour Act despite the technical assistance offered by the Office in 1988, 1990 and 2004. Recalling the basic principles of the Convention, which are intended to ensure a minimum period of rest and leisure to workers, which is essential for their health and well-being, the Committee expresses the hope that the Government will take the necessary steps to finally bring section 31 of Regulatory Decree No. 244 of 1943 into line with the requirements of the Convention.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2014.]