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

Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172) - Guyana (Ratification: 1996)

Article 3. National policy for the hotel, restaurant and catering industry. The Committee takes due note of the adoption of four new regulations concerning the tourism industry in Guyana (the Guyana Tourism Authority (Tourist Guides) Regulations No. 18 of 2008, the Guyana Tourism Authority (Tourism Accommodation Establishments) Regulations No. 16 of 2008, the Guyana Tourism Authority (Lodges and Resorts) Regulations No. 19 of 2008 and the Guyana Tourism Authority (Tour Operators) Regulations No. 17 of 2008), that entered into force in 2008. It also notes the Government’s report received in May 2014, which indicates that there is no national policy concerning working conditions in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments. The Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the fact that Article 3(1) of the Convention specifically requires to adopt and apply, in a manner appropriate to national law, conditions and practice, a policy designed to improve the working conditions of the workers concerned. The Committee once again requests the Government to take the necessary steps in order to initiate the process for the formulation of a national policy on hotel and restaurant workers.