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

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Ethiopia (Ratification: 1991)

Articles 3 and 6 of the Convention. Entitlement to a weekly rest period – Scope of application. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that it is planning to adopt shortly a regulation concerning the working conditions in establishments, institutions and administrative services providing personal services. The Government also indicates that section 72(1) of the Labour Proclamation No. 377/2003, which excludes commercial representatives from the scope of the provisions regarding weekly rest, may be considered for amendment in due course. The Committee accordingly requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any progress made in this regard, and to transmit a copy of any new text which would impact on the application of the Convention as soon as it becomes available.