Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172) - Guyana (Ratification: 1996)

Article 3. National policy for the hotel, restaurant, and catering industry. Application in practice. For more than 20 years, the Committee has been requesting the Government to take the necessary steps to initiate the process for the formulation of a national policy on hotel and restaurant workers, as required by Article 3(1) of the Convention. The Committee welcomes the Government’s indication that it will bring to the attention of the National Tripartite Committee the need to develop a national policy on hotel and restaurant workers. The Government adds that it will also engage in consultations in this respect with the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), and the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG). The Committee also notes the Government’s indication that persons employed in hotels and restaurants are covered under national legislation, such as the Labour (Conditions and Employment of Certain Workers) Act, Cap. 99:03 and the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Cap 99:06. The Committee expresses the firm hope that the Government will take the necessary steps to initiate the process for the formulationof a national policy on hotel and restaurant workers. It requests the Government to provide information on all developments in this regard and reminds the Government that it may avail itself of the technical assistance of the Office in this respect, should it wish to do so. The Committee also requests the Government to provide updated and detailed information on the application of the Convention in practice, including statistical data disaggregated by sex, age and category of work in the sector, the number of labour inspections carried out, the results of such inspections and the measures taken, if any. It further invites the Government to provide updated information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hotel and restaurant sector in the country, including with respect to measures taken to support and preserve jobs in the sector.