Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Cook Islands (Ratification: 2015)

Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

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Article 2 of the Convention. Weekly rest entitlement. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that an amendment of the Employment Relations Act of 2012 (ERA), to include a weekly rest provision, is planned as part of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2019–22; however, no legislative amendments have been adopted in this regard in the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that both in law and in practice the whole of the staff employed in any industrial undertaking, public or private, or in any branch thereof, enjoy in every period of seven days a period of rest comprising at least 24 consecutive hours, as required by the Convention.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

The Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government in its first report.

Article 2 of the Convention. Weekly rest entitlement. The Committee notes that the legislation in force does not expressly provide for workers’ entitlement to enjoy, in every period of seven days, a period of rest comprising at least 24 consecutive hours, as required by Article 2 of the Convention. It notes that the Government acknowledges this gap and that it indicates that an ILO Legislative Compliance Review of Labour Laws in the country had recommended an amendment to the Employment Relations Act of 2012 (ERA) to give effect to the Convention. The Committee therefore requests the Government to take the necessary measures, including any legislative amendments, to ensure that the principle of weekly rest is guaranteed in conformity with the Convention and to provide information in this regard.