Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1987, published 74th ILC session (1987)

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Saudi Arabia (Ratification: 1978)

Article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee recalls that under section 150 of the Labour Code, in certain fixed cases, the employer is not obliged to observe the provisions of section 149 which provides for a weekly rest day on Friday or on a day replacing Friday. Consequently, in the event of the exceptions authorised under section 150, no provision guarantees a period of compensatory rest for a worker who has worked during the weekly rest day, as provided for by the Convention.

The Committee notes the Government's statement to the effect that the question will be examined as appropriate. The Committee expresses the hope that following this examination, the Government will take the necessary measures to amend section 150 of the Labour Code in such a way as to give effect to Article 8, paragraph 3 of the Convention.