Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 6) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1933)

The Committee notes the Government’s report.

Article 2 of the Convention. Exceptions to the prohibition regarding night work by young persons in industrial undertakings. In its previous comments, the Committee noted section 257 of the Basic Labour Act, which provides that the working day for young persons under 18 years of age must fall between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Section 257 also allows exceptions on special grounds to the prohibition of night work by young persons, when deemed appropriate, in cooperation with the labour inspector, by the bodies responsible for the supervision of minors. The Committee asked the Government to provide information on the special grounds for such exceptions and the conditions in which such permission may be granted.

The Committee notes the Government’s information that the Act concerning the protection of children and young persons of 1998 regulates the protection of minors at work. However, the Committee observes that this Act does not contain any provision on the night work of young persons. It reminds the Government that Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention states that young persons under 18 years of age shall not be employed during the night in any industrial undertaking, other than an undertaking in which only members of the same family are employed and in the cases listed in Article 2, paragraph 2. The Committee therefore requests the Government once again to supply information on the special grounds on which exceptions to the prohibition of night work by young persons may be granted, as provided for by section 257 of the Basic Labour Act, and the conditions in which such permission may be given, indicating in particular the age of the young persons and the type of work.