Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1988, published 75th ILC session (1988)

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Jordan (Ratification: 1979)

1. Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention. Further to its earlier comments, the Committee takes note of the Government's statement that section 87 of the draft new Labour Code (which provides that the worker may, with the approval of his employer, cancel his weekly rest days and take them once a month) will be deleted from this draft when it is discussed prior to enactment. It hopes that the draft will soon be adopted and will give full effect to the provisions of Article 6 of the Convention. Furthermore, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would state in its future reports the cases to which special weekly rest schemes have been applied and supply the other information called for in the report form under Article 7.

2. Article 8, paragraph 1. In reply to the Committee's previous comments, the Government states that, under section 43 6(b) of the Labour Code in force, the employment of a worker on his weekly rest day is subject to his agreement. In this connection, the Committee wishes to point out once again that exceptions to the provisions concerning weekly rest periods may be authorised only in the cases specified in this provision of the Convention. It therefore hopes that the Government will soon take the necessary measures in order to bring the national legislation into conformity with the Convention on this point.

3. Article 8, paragraph 3. The Government states that the employment of workers in the event of urgent work is subject to the approval of the Ministry of Labour which may require the employer to grant compensatory weekly rest days instead of monetary compensation. The Committee therefore requests the Government to take the necessary measures to amend section 42 of the Labour Code to ensure the granting of compensatory rest.