Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Brazil (Ratification: 1992)

Articles 2, 3, 4 and 10 of the Convention. Policy to promote the granting of paid educational leave. Coordination of general policies with the policy to promote the granting of paid educational leave. The Committee notes that in its report the Government reiterates the information provided previously on the benefits granted in the context of the Bolsa de Qualificação, adding that in 2011 these benefits were received by 8,808 workers and by 13,444 workers in 2012, which represents a constant increase since its establishment in 1998. The Committee reiterates that the Convention requires member States to formulate and apply a policy designed to promote, by methods appropriate to national conditions and practice, the granting of paid educational leave for the purpose of vocational training, general, social and civic education, and trade union education. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide detailed information on the matters raised in the report form in relation to Articles 2, 3 and 10 of the Convention, with an indication in each case of the conditions that have to be met by workers to benefit from paid educational leave, the duration of such leave and the level of the financial benefits provided. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate the measures adopted for the coordination of the national policy on paid educational leave with general policies on employment, education and training, and working time (Article 4).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2015.]