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The Committee notes with interest that the Government’s first detailed report on the application of this Convention, the ratification of which was registered in 1993, has now been received. It also notes the observations made by the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republika Srpska referring to serious problems of implementation of the labour laws in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to these comments, the legal provisions on weekly rest are violated in the public and the private sectors alike, the situation being especially difficult in commerce and among women workers due to the fact that most stores are open almost 24 hours. The workers’ organization also refers to the problem of the grey economy or informal sector which represents well beyond 40 per cent of the workforce and which leaves matters such as working hours, weekly rest or annual leave totally unregulated. The Committee asks the Government to transmit any comments it may wish to make with regard to the observations of the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republika Srpska so that these points be examined at its next session.
The Committee is also addressing a request on certain other points directly to the Government.