Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Chile (Ratification: 1925)

Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Scope of application. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that industrial workers in the public sector, such as workers of the National Copper Corporation (CODELCO) and the National Oil Company (ENAP), are covered by the provisions of the Labour Code in the absence of specific statutes such as those established by Acts Nos 18.834 and 18.883 concerning administrative and municipal employees.

Article 7. Rosters. Further to its previous comment on this matter, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide copies of the notices and rosters currently used to make known to the workers of each enterprise the rest days and hours, as required by this Article of the Convention.

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, information concerning the number of workers covered by the legislation, extracts from the reports of the inspection services indicating the number of violations reported with regard to weekly rest and the sanctions imposed, copies of relevant collective agreements, 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.238/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.