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The Committee notes the adoption of the Labour Act of 8 October 2003 (Act No. 651). It requests the Government to indicate its date of entry into force and to transmit to the Office a copy of its implementing rules as soon as they have been adopted. Furthermore, the Committee would be grateful to be provided with fuller information on the following points.
Article 1 of the Convention. Scope of application. The Committee notes that under the terms of section 1, the new Labour Act applies to all workers and employers (with the exception of the armed forces, the police service, the prison service and the security and intelligence agencies). However, under the terms of section 44, the section of the Labour Act relating to rest periods, including section 42 on the weekly rest period, is not applicable to task workers. These workers are defined in section 175 as persons who perform a piece of work for a fee. The Committee requests the Government to state whether certain workers employed in commercial establishments, or establishments whose staff primarily carry out office work, are remunerated as task workers. Should this be the case, the Government is invited to indicate the way in which it ensures that the Convention is applied to these workers.
Part V of the report form. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide general indications on the way in which the Convention is applied in practice providing, for example, extracts from inspection services reports, information on the number of workers protected by the relevant legislation, the number and nature of contraventions reported, etc.