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

Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes the general human rights situation in the country as referred to in its comments under Convention No. 105. It also notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Repetition

Article 6 of the Convention. Permanent and temporary exceptions. The Committee recalls its previous comments in which it drew the Government’s attention to the fact that the terms “intermittent work” and “preparatory or complementary work” are defined in an excessively broad manner in the national legislation and emphasized that their scope went beyond the letter and the spirit of the Convention. It notes the Government’s indications that the texts on which it commented previously were under examination by the Tripartite Consultation and Dialogue Commission and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour. It also notes that its comments will be taken into consideration when adopting amendments to these texts. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any development in relation to the process of amending Order No. 243 of 8 May 1966 issued under section 117 of the Labour Code, Order No. 135 of 3 February 1981 issued under section 123 of the Labour Code and Order No. 720 of 1973 issued under section 120 of the Labour Code, as amended by Order No. 775 of 1974. The Government is also requested to provide copies of any reports which may be adopted on this subject by the Tripartite Consultation and Dialogue Commission.