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

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Argentina (Ratification: 1936)

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. Total or partial exceptions – Compensatory rest. The Committee understands that legislative amendments to Act No. 20744 of 1976 on employment contracts, and particularly to sections 204 and 207 on exceptions to the principle of weekly rest, are currently under examination by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The proposed amendments seek to regulate more effectively exceptions to weekly rest and to reinforce the right to compensatory rest. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any legislative amendments which may concern the provisions of Act No. 20744 respecting weekly rest, or which could have an impact on the implementation of the Convention. The Committee also notes the comments of the Confederation of Workers of Argentina (CTA), received on 30 August 2013, in which the CTA indicates that the Government should ratify the Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106).