Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132) - Cameroon (Ratification: 1973)

Articles 5(1) and (2) and 9 of the Convention. Minimum period of service for entitlement to annual holiday with pay. Further to its previous comments on: (i) section 89 of the Labour Code, under which the minimum period of service for entitlement to annual holiday with pay is one year, which can be extended to two years by collective agreements or individual contracts; and (ii) section 1(3) of Decree No. 75-28 of 10 January 1975, which establishes that leave may be deferred, at the request of the worker, for a period of up to two years, the Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that the committee reviewing the new Labour Code is continuing its work, and that the a copy of the text will be provided as soon as it has been promulgated. The Committee recalls that: (i) under Article 5(2) of the Convention, the minimum period of service for entitlement to an annual holiday must not exceed six months; and (ii) under Article 9(1) of the Convention, the uninterrupted part of the annual holiday with pay shall be granted and taken no later than one year, and the remainder of the annual holiday with pay no later than 18 months, from the end of the year in respect of which the holiday entitlement has arisen. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any developments in this regard.