Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) - Benin (Ratification: 1960)

Article 5 of the Convention. Compensatory rest. The Committee notes that section 3 of Order No. 035/MFPTRA/DC/SGM/DT/SRT of 24 June 1998 setting out arrangements for the application of weekly rest provides that exemptions related to the urgency of the work to be carried out are temporary in nature; in this case, the hours worked are subject to compensation. It also notes that, in its previous reports, the Government specified that the compensation provided for in section 3 of the above Order does not consist of financial compensation. The Committee hopes that, during the revision of the Labour Code and its implementing regulations, it will be expressly stated that the compensation provided for by section 3 of Order No. 035/MFPTRA/DC/SGM/DT/SRT consists of compensatory rest. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that, as far as possible, workers deprived of their day of weekly rest receive periods of compensatory rest. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on any legislative developments in this regard.

Article 7. Posting of notices. The Committee notes that section 141 of the Labour Code sets forth that working time and schedules must be posted in the workplace. The Committee previously noted that this provision does not stipulate the posting of the days and hours of weekly rest. The Committee considers that notification of periods of rest must be provided in such a way that workers and labour inspectors have easy access to this information. The Committee also considers that modern forms of communication, such as email, text messages or the enterprise intranet, may be effective means of notifying workers of their working schedules, insofar as this does not create obstacles of access by labour inspectors to working-time schedules (2018 General Survey concerning working-time instruments, para. 806). The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged, including the amendment of section 141 of the Labour Code, to give full effect to Article 7 of the Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on any legislative developments in this regard.