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

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1983)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in October 2002 and the documentation attached, in particular the texts of two collective agreements which contain clauses concerning paid educational leave.

2. Regarding the question raised in paragraph 1 of its observation of 2001, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the provisions currently in force which provide for the granting of paid educational leave as defined in the Convention.

3. Referring to paragraph 2 of the above observation, concerning the provisions which restrict the granting of paid educational leave to workers below 30 years of age, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report whether the above provisions are still in force and, if they have been repealed, amended or replaced, and if it would provide copies of the relevant texts.

4. Please provide a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied, including in particular statistics on the number of workers who have been granted paid educational leave (Part V of the report form).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2004.]