Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Iraq (Ratification: 1978)

The Committee notes that the Government’s brief report contains no reply to its previous comments, but merely indicates that the response of the competent sectoral institution has not been received. The Committee trusts that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments made in 2014.

Repetition

Articles 2–6 of the Convention. Policy to promote paid educational leave. The Committee requests the Government to provide information related to the formulation of a policy designed to promote the granting of paid educational leave in association with employers’ and workers’ organizations (Articles 2–6). It also invites the Government to include detailed information on the steps taken to ensure coordination with general policies on employment, education and training, and hours of work (Article 4).

Article 5. Granting paid educational leave. The Government reiterates that public sector workers are granted paid educational leave, under the Civil Service Act No. 24 of 1960 and in accordance with the rules specified by law. It adds that several employees have benefited from such leave. It also refers to the current situation in the country and its attempts at rebuilding its economy, making it difficult at this stage to adopt grant paid educational leave to workers in the private, mixed and cooperative sector. The Committee notes that, in its 2012 report the Government indicated that the draft amendment to the Labour Code was before Parliament waiting to be debated at their second reading. The Committee trusts that the Government will soon be in a position to provide updated information on the provisions which give effect to the Convention, both in the public and the private sectors.