Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Anguilla

Articles 2(3), 5 and 7 of the Convention. Weekly rest. The Committee recalls that the Fair Labour Standards Act does not regulate the workers’ entitlement to weekly rest in sufficient detail and therefore gives only partial effect to the requirements of the Convention. In its latest report, the Government indicates that no problems are encountered in the practical application of the relevant legislation. It also indicates that a new draft Labour Code is under preparation with ILO technical assistance and that the gaps with regard to this Convention have been addressed. The Committee trusts that in the context of the ongoing law reform process the Government will take steps to ensure that the following requirements of the Convention are appropriately reflected: (i) the day of weekly rest is fixed, wherever possible, so as to coincide with the day already established by tradition or custom (Article 2(3)); (ii) compensatory rest is granted, as far as possible, to any person who is required to work on a weekly rest day (Article 5); (iii) workers are kept informed of the weekly rest schedule applicable to them by appropriate means, such as posting of notices or rosters (Article 7).