Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Mozambique (Ratification: 1977)

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Scope of application – Weekly rest period. The Committee notes that the Government’s latest report does not provide any new information in response to the points raised in its previous direct request. It recalls that section 95(1) of the Labour Act which provides that the minimum weekly rest period is at least 20 consecutive hours, is not in conformity with Article 2(1) of the Convention requiring a period of weekly rest comprising at least 24 consecutive hours. The Committee requests the Government to take without delay the necessary measures to bring its legislation in conformity with Article 2(1) of the Convention. It further requests the Government to clarify how the entitlement to weekly rest is regulated for mine workers and port workers who are currently excluded from the scope of application of the Labour Act of 2007.

Article 6. List of exceptions to the weekly rest scheme. The Committee would appreciate receiving a list of the categories of industrial workers and types of industrial establishments which may have been totally or partially exempted from the ordinary weekly rest scheme in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention.