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

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Lithuania (Ratification: 1931)

Article 5 of the Convention. Compensatory rest. In its previous comment, the Committee drew attention to section 194 of the Labour Code, which provides that work performed on a weekly rest day may be paid at double the normal rate or, at the worker’s request, be compensated in the form of either another rest day or an extra day to be added to the annual leave. In its latest report, the Government indicates that such provision offers three options to the worker who may freely choose the type of compensation he or she prefers. Recalling the basic purpose of the Convention, which is to provide workers with minimum rest periods at regular intervals in order to protect their health and well-being, the Committee once more draws the Government’s attention to the fact that workers required to work on their weekly rest day – whether regularly or occasionally – should be granted, as far as possible, compensatory rest irrespective of any monetary compensation. The Committee recalls, in this respect, that similar provisions have been incorporated in Articles 7 and 8 of the Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106), which the Government is encouraged to ratify. The Committee accordingly requests the Government to consider appropriate steps in order to bring the national legislation into full conformity with the letter and the spirit of the Convention in this regard.