Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1987, published 74th ILC session (1987)

Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132) - Kenya (Ratification: 1979)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government's statement to the effect that it is necessary to take the appropriate legislative measures in order to give effect to Article 8 (the guarantee of an uninterrupted holiday of two weeks in the event of division of the holiday) and Article 12 of the Convention (prohibition of any agreement to relinquish the right to the annual holiday with pay or to forego such a holiday).

The Committee trusts that these measures will be taken in the near future. It hopes that on this occasion in order to enshrine current practice in the national legislation, provisions could also be introduced to give effect to Article 5, paragraph 4 (counting absences from work due to illness, injury or maternity leave as part of the period of service for the purposes of determining entitlement to holiday) and Article 7, paragraph 2 (payment of the remuneration due in advance of the holiday unless provided to the contrary in an agreement applicable to the worker and the employer).