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

Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172) - Dominican Republic (Ratification: 1998)

Article 4(2) of the Convention. Hours of work. In reply to the Committee’s previous comment, the Government indicates that the limit on the additional hours authorized is 80 hours in a three-month period. The Committee requests the Government to supply in its next report statistics, where available, on the number of additional hours performed on average in the hotels and restaurants sector.

Article 5(3). Proportionate leave or payment of wages in lieu. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that all workers have the right to paid holidays, irrespective of the type of employment contract. Referring to its previous comment, the Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the provisions that grant paid leave to workers in hotels and restaurants whose contract expires or whose period of continuous service is not of sufficient duration to qualify them for full annual leave.