Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - United Republic of Tanzania (Ratification: 1983)

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Articles 2 to 6 of the Convention. Granting of paid educational leave.Participation of the social partners and other stakeholders. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that, in accordance with the Public Service Management and Employment Policy of 2008 (Part 4(8)), the Training Policy in Public Service of 2013, and the Public Service Regulations of 2003 (section 103), all public service organizations are responsible for the training and development of their staff. To implement this obligation, employers shall develop training plans based on the skills requirements identified in their human resource plans. The Government indicates that paid education leave is granted to those employees attending the training courses envisaged in the training plans. Public institutions are required to submit their training plans every financial year to the President’s Office-Public Service Management. Moreover, the Government indicates generally that employers in the private sector are required to develop employment policies covering matters related to workers’ training. With regard to paid educational leave for trade union education (Article 2(c)), the Government refers to section 63(a) of the Employment and Labour Relations Act, 2019, which establishes the right of trade union representatives to attend training courses relevant to their functions. The Government also refers to section H.14 (2) of the Standing Orders for Public Service of 2009, which provides that public servants selected to attend conferences, seminars or other activities sponsored by a trade union may, subject to the exigencies of the service, be granted leave of absence for such participation. Their absence shall be regarded as travelling on duty and they shall be entitled for their usual transport privileges and subsistence allowance. Lastly, the Committee notes that the Government indicates that key stakeholders participate in the formulation and implementation of the training policy, including workers’ and employers’ organizations, public service organizations, training providers, accredited institutions, and professional associations. The Government adds that their respective roles and responsibilities in the implementation of the policy are established in the part related to the institutional framework of the policy. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing detailed updated information on the formulation and application of policies and measures to promote, in collaboration with the social partners, the granting of paid educational leave for the specific objectives set out in Article 2 of the Convention. In particular, it requests the Government to provide examples of the training plans that employersin both the public and private sectors are required to develop and its impact on the promotion of paid educational leave. Noting that the Government does not provide information on the manner in which the paid educational leave policy is coordinated with general policies on employment, education and training, and hours of work, the Committee reiterates its requests in this regard. The Committee further requests the Government to provide updated statistical data, disaggregated by sex, on workers who have benefited from paid educational leave for all levels of vocational training as well as for general, social or civic education, and trade union education, both in the public and private sector.