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

Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930 (No. 30) - Chile (Ratification: 1935)

Article 7(2) and (3) of the Convention. Temporary exceptions. Additional hours. The Committee recalls that, under sections 31 and 32 of the Labour Code, where there is a need to deal with temporary needs or situations prevailing in an enterprise, workers and their employer may agree on a maximum of two hours’ overtime per day to be performed in jobs which, by their nature, are not harmful to the health of workers. However, the Committee wishes to recall its previous comments in which it pointed out that Article 7(2) of the Convention only allows temporary exceptions to normal hours of work in specific cases, particularly those involving abnormal pressure of work. The Committee also recalls that the Convention calls for imposing a reasonable limit on overtime thus authorized, not only in the day but also in the year. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will take the necessary steps in the very near future in order to bring the national legislation into full conformity with Article 7(2) and (3) of the Convention.