Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Pakistan (Ratification: 1960)

Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. Permanent and temporary exemptions. In its previous comment, the Committee requested the Government to specify the legal provisions guaranteeing a 24-hour weekly rest to persons employed in any of the numerous commercial enterprises currently excluded from the scope of the Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 1969 (in particular hotels; shops dealing mainly in vegetables, meat, fish and dairy products; shops dealing mainly in medical supplies; shops dealing mainly in tobacco, cigarettes, refreshments and newspapers; gas stations; barbers’ and hairdressers’ shops; cinemas and theatres). In its reply, the Government indicates that, under the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, provincial governments have now been given full responsibility on all labour issues. The Government further indicates that the provinces are in the process of simplifying and consolidating labour laws through tripartite consultations and that the Committee’s previous comments have been forwarded to them for consideration at the time of their consultations with employers’ and workers’ organizations aiming at the revision of the Shops and Establishments Ordinance. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any further developments in this regard and to transmit copies of any new text once it has been adopted.