Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) - Iraq (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes that the new Labour Code, Law No. 91 of 1987, covering workers employed in the private, mixed and co-operative sectors, was adopted on 27 July 1987. Under article 60 of the Code, all such workers have a right to one rest day weekly. Article 61 permits, with the agreement of the employee, work during the weekly rest day, on condition that either a premium payment of 100 per cent of wages be made for work on that day, or a compensatory day of rest be provided.

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes that section 151 of the 1987 Labour Code repeals the previous Labour Code, Law No. 151 of 197O, which applied the Convention to all workers, without distinction between public and private sector employment. Please provide full information on the application of the Convention to persons employed by public establishments, institutions or administrative services referred to in Article 2 of the Convention.

Article 8. The Committee recalls that, although under this Article certain temporary exemptions may be made to weekly rest requirements, any person working on the weekly rest day must be granted compensatory rest of an equivalent period. Whereas section 67(h) of the 1970 Labour Code duly provided for workers to be granted compensatory rest, the Committee notes that under section 61 of the 1987 Code the employer may, with the workers' agreement, require them to work on the rest day so long as they receive either overtime pay or a collective compensatory rest day. Please indicate by what method it is ensured that all workers covered by the Convention are granted compensatory rest as required; please also describe the working of the inspection system in this connection (see Part III of the report form).