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

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Mauritania (Ratification: 1961)

Article 2 of the Convention. Weekly rest. The Committee takes note of the observations from the Free Confederation of Mauritanian Workers (CLTM), received on 29 August 2013 and forwarded to the Government on 19 September 2013. The CLTM is of the view that the texts on weekly rest currently in force in the country are unclear and sometimes contradictory, and reports that in the absence of any supervision of law enforcement, a number of workers are made to work against their will on their weekly day of rest and to work overtime without remuneration or at a very low rate of remuneration. The workers’ complaints are consistently recorded by the trade unions, the labour inspection services are informed and administrative complaints are often filed, yet no suitable measures have been taken to curb such abuses. The CLTM indicates that it has raised the issue several times and has asked that it be referred to the social partners for discussion with a view to institutionalizing rules and procedures to guarantee the rights of workers. The Committee invites the Government to send any comments it may wish to make in reply to the CLTM’s observations.