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Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Solomon Islands (RATIFICATION: 1985)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the following points.

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. With reference to its previous direct request, the Committee notes the information according to which, under the terms of section 11(f) of the Labour Act (Cap. 75), a worker may be required to work on customary rest days, in occupations where this is expressly provided for in the contract of service. However, the Government also points out that this exception does not affect the worker’s entitlement to a period of rest of 24 consecutive hours in any seven-day period.

Article 6. The Government is asked to provide a list of exceptions allowed under Article 4 of the Convention, in particular a list of those workers whose conditions of service are governed by the Essential Services Act. The Government is also asked to provide a copy of this text.

Article 7. The Committee notes that this Article is implemented through the provisions of section 11(7) of the Labour Act (Cap. 75), and requests the Government to provide specimen copies of the notices and rosters that are used.

Parts III and V of the report form. The Government is asked to supply as much information as possible on the activities of the inspection services, including, where appropriate, relevant extracts from inspection reports or statistics on the number and nature of contraventions reported.