Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172) - Lebanon (Ratification: 2000)

The Committee notes with deep concern that the Government’s report has not been received. It expects that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments. The Committee informs the Government that, if it has not supplied replies to the points raised by 1 September 2022, then it may proceed with the examination of the application of the Convention on the basis of the information at its disposal at its next session.

Repetition

Article 3(1) of the Convention. Policy designed to improve the working conditions of hotel and restaurant workers. In its previous comments, the Committee had recalled that this Article of the Convention specifically requires the Government to adopt and apply a policy designed to improve working conditions of the workers concerned. The Committee notes that the Government’s report contains no information on this matter. Therefore, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on any measure adopted or envisaged in order to initiate the process for the formulation of a national policy on hotel and restaurant workers, as required by the Convention.

Article 3(2). Social security coverage. In its previous comments, the Committee had recalled that a large percentage of workers employed in hotels, restaurants and similar undertakings covered by the Convention are seasonal workers. The Committee had noted the Government’s indication that the social security coverage of seasonal and temporary workers under the Social Security Act was subject to ministerial decrees which had not so far been promulgated. The Committee hopes that the relevant ministerial decrees will be adopted in the near future and requests the Government to provide information on any development in this respect.

Article 4(2) and (3). Reasonable hours of work and overtime. Reasonable minimum daily rest period. In its previous comments, the Committee had observed that Decrees No. 104/1 of 11 March 1967 and No. 126/1 of 30 March 1974 set limits of hours of work that are unreasonably higher than the general standard of a 48-hour working week set out in section 31 of the Labour Code and also provided by the Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1), and the Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930 (No. 30), both ratified by Lebanon. The Committee had also noted that the abovementioned Decrees merely prescribed a maximum daily rest break and not a reasonable minimum rest period. The Committee hopes that all necessary measures will be taken to amend the abovementioned Decrees as indicated and to provide information on any development in this respect.