Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 90) - Lebanon (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report. It notes the information that the Committee's comments will be taken into consideration when the Labour Code is updated, and hopes that the Government will soon be able to provide full information on the following points which the Committee raised in its previous direct request:

Article 1, paragraph 3, of the Convention. Limitation of the exemption respecting family undertakings, prescribed in section 7(3) of the Labour Code, to work "which is not deemed to be harmful, prejudicial or dangerous to young persons", in accordance with this provision of the Convention.

Article 2, paragraph 1. Prohibition of night work for a period of at least 12 consecutive hours, as prescribed by the Convention, instead of only 11 hours, as prescribed by section 23(2) of the Labour Code.

Article 3, paragraph 1. Prohibition of night work in the case of young persons under 18 years of age, in accordance with the Convention, instead of 16 years, as prescribed by sections 21 and 23 of the Labour Code.

Article 3, paragraph 2. Limitation of the exemptions respecting night work for vocational training establishments, provided for by section 25 of the Labour Code, to "specified industries or occupations which are required to be carried on continuously", and authorization of such exemptions only in the case of young persons aged at least 16 years and subject to consultation with the employers' and workers' organizations concerned.

Article 3, paragraph 3. Requirement to grant a rest period of at least 13 consecutive hours between two working periods in the case of young persons employed at night for the purpose of vocational training, in accordance with this provision of the Convention.

The Committee also asks the Government to indicate the types of welfare establishment in which exemptions are permitted from the prohibition of night work in the case of young persons under section 25 of the Labour Code or of the corresponding provisions of the new Code.