General Survey

General Survey concerning working-time instruments - Ensuring decent working time for the future

The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations has just published its annual General Survey on member States' national law and practice concerning working-time.

The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations publishes annually an in-depth General Survey on member States' national law and practice, on a subject chosen by the Governing Body. This year the General Survey focuses on working-time instruments.

General surveys are established mainly on the basis of reports received from member States and information transmitted by employers' and workers' organizations. They allow the Committee of Experts to examine the impact of Conventions and Recommendations, to analyse the difficulties indicated by governments as impeding their application or their ratification, and to identify means of overcoming these obstacles.