Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2008, Publicación: 98ª reunión CIT (2009)

Convenio sobre el descanso semanal (industria), 1921 (núm. 14) - Argentina (Ratificación : 1936)

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. Total or partial exceptions. The Committee notes the Government’s explanations regarding exceptions to the principle of weekly rest, to the effect that sections 3 and 5 of Act No. 18204 of 1969, read in conjunction with sections 203 and 204 of Act No. 20744 of 1976, authorize exceptions to the weekly rest of 33 hours (from 1 p.m. on Saturday to midnight on Sunday) only in the event of an accident, danger, force majeure and exceptional requirements of the national economy or the enterprise. While noting this information, the Committee requests the Government to provide details of the consultations held with employers’ and workers’ organizations on the abovementioned exceptions, the manner in which humanitarian, and not only economic, considerations were taken into account in this context, and of any compensatory rest due to persons called upon to work on a day of weekly rest. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate any new regulations issued under sections 3 or 5 of Act No. 18204 to establish exceptions to the principle of weekly rest and the arrangements for their application.

Part V of the report form. Practical application. The Committee requests the Government to provide general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including, for example, extracts of reports by the labour inspection services indicating the number and nature of contraventions reported and the penalties imposed, information on the number of workers covered by the legislation, copies of collective agreements containing relevant clauses, etc.

Finally, the Committee takes this opportunity to recall that, based on the conclusions and proposals of the Working Party on Policy regarding the Revision of Standards, the ILO Governing Body has decided that the ratification of up to date Conventions, including the Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14), and the Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106), should be encouraged because they continued to respond to current needs (see GB.283/LILS/WP/PRS/1/2, paragraphs 17–18). The Committee accordingly invites the Government to contemplate ratifying Convention No. 106 and to keep the Office informed of any decisions taken or envisaged in this respect.