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

Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1979 (No. 153) - Iraq (Ratification: 1985)

Articles 6 and 10 of the Convention. Maximum total driving time – Enforcement measures. In its previous comments, the Committee has drawn the Government’s attention to the fact that the labour legislation in force does not specify the maximum total driving time per day nor does it provide for reduced total driving time in the case of road transport activities carried out in particularly difficult conditions, as prescribed by Article 6 of the Convention. In addition, the Committee has requested the Government to indicate how effect is given to Article 10 of the Convention, in particular as regards the issue of individual control books and the maintenance of appropriate records.

The Committee understands that section 65(5)(d) of the new draft Labour Code, as it reads in the text that was communicated to the Office in July 2010, provides for the first time that, in road transport, working hours, including overtime hours, may not exceed nine hours per day and 48 hours per week while ministerial regulations will determine the reduced total driving hours in the event of driving in arduous situations thus bringing the national legislation into line with the requirements of the Convention. The Committee therefore expresses once again the hope that draft section 65(5)(d) will be adopted without modification and requests the Government to transmit a copy of the new legislative text once it has been adopted. As regards enforcement measures, the Committee would appreciate receiving sample copies of drivers’ control books, records kept by employers for inspection purposes, or any other means of supervision and control established in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention.