Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2005, Publicación: 95ª reunión CIT (2006)

Convenio sobre las horas de trabajo (industria), 1919 (núm. 1) - Argentina (Ratificación : 1933)

Article 2 of the Convention. Working hours in ports. The Committee notes that section 17 of Decree No. 2284/91 of 31 October 1991 on the deregulation of the domestic trade in goods and services and foreign trade abolishes all restrictions on working hours and workdays concerning loading and unloading, and other tasks necessary for the uninterrupted operation of ports "without prejudice to the individual rights of the worker". The Committee requests the Government to indicate in what way, in the context of the application of this provision, the protection of the individual rights of port workers is ensured with regard to limits to the length of daily and weekly working hours.

Moreover, in its previous comment, the Committee requested the Government to indicate whether the Superintendency of Work-related Risks (Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo) was competent to deal with complaints relating to excessively long working hours. The Government is invited to provide information in this regard and, as appropriate, to supply copies of any texts governing the activities and competence of this body.

Finally, the Committee requests the Government to provide general indications on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, in particular in the context of the ongoing serious economic crisis which has affected Argentina for the last few years. The Committee requests, for example, extracts from inspection services reports; statistical data on the number of workers covered by the legislation, if possible; the number and nature of contraventions reported; the exemptions authorized under the terms of section 4 of Act No. 11544 of 12 September 1929 on working hours, etc.