Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2010, publiée 100ème session CIT (2011)

Convention (n° 140) sur le congé-éducation payé, 1974 - Brésil (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments:

Definition of paid educational leave. Please indicate the terms on which paid educational leave is granted for vocational training, general, social and civic education, and trade union education, with an indication in each case of the conditions to be fulfilled by workers in order to be granted such leave, the length of the leave and the level of financial entitlements (Articles 2, 3 and 10 of the Convention).

Coordination of the policy to promote the granting of paid educational leave with general policies. Please state what steps have been taken to coordinate the national policy on paid educational leave with general policies on employment, education and training and hours of work (Article 4).