Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) 1
Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) 1 : ILO Convention No. 106 (1957) aims for at least 24 consecutive hours of rest per week. It lays down the standard of a weekly rest period of not less than 24 consecutive hours in the course of each period of seven days. Its provisions are similar to the Weekly Rest (industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14), as regards the simultaneous granting of the rest period to all staff and its coinciding with the day of rest established by the traditions or customs of the country or district. Regarding the means of giving effect to its provisions, the Convention lists the following: statutory wage-fixing machinery; collective agreements; arbitration awards; any other manner consistent with national practice as may be appropriate under national conditions; or, otherwise, national laws or regulations. It applies to all public or private trading establishments, institutions and administrative services in which the persons employed are mainly engaged in office work, including offices of persons engaged in liberal professions. The Convention also covers the administrative services of a certain number of other establishments, but authorizes, at the same time, certain exclusions, special schemes and temporary exemptions. Where special schemes or temporary exemptions apply, a compensatory rest period of equivalent duration shall be granted. The application of the measures taken in accordance with its provisions shall not entail any reduction of the income of the persons covered by the Convention. It shall be subject to adequate supervision and inspection, and entail appropriate penalties to ensure enforcement. See: Weekly rest (industry)
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