Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1988)

1. Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to indicate any regulations or determinations made by the Labour Inspectorate on the circumstances in which work on the weekly rest day may be authorized, in accordance with section 128 of the Labour Code. Please also indicate any provisions made for compensatory periods of rest for the suspensions and diminutions made in virtue of Article 4 of the Convention, or any agreements or customs, which already provide for such periods.

The Committee further asks the Government to provide information on any decrees issued by the Minister of Labour, according to sections 169 and 190 of the Labour Code, on special working conditions in the transport sector, as defined under Article 1, paragraph 1(d), of the Convention, and on individual arrangements, agreed according to section 189 of the Labour Code, on weekly rest for workers engaged in transport on inland waterways.

2. Furthermore, the Committee takes note of the observation communicated by the Trade Union of Workers of Guatemala (UNSITRAGUA) in August 2003, transmitted to the Government on 8 October 2003, observing that some private employers withhold payment for the day of weekly rest from workers who do not work six consecutive days in the week.

The Government is invited to comment on the observations of UNSITRAGUA.