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ANNEX
PAID EDUCATIONAL LEAVE RECOMMENDATION, 1974 (No. 148)
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Govern- ing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Fifty-ninth Session on 5 June 1974, and
on
Noting that Article 26 of the Universal Declara- tion of Human Rights affirms that everyone has the right to education, and Noting further the provisions contained in existing
international labour Recommendations vocational training and the protection of workers' representatives concerning the tem- porary release of workers, or the granting to them of time off, for participation in education or training programmes, and Considering that the need for continuing educa- tion and training related to scientific and tech- nological development and the changing pattern of economic and social relations calls for ade- quate arrangements for leave for education and training to meet new aspirations, needs and objectives of a social, economic, technological and cultural character, and
Considering that paid educational leave should be regarded as one means of meeting the real needs of individual workers in a modern society, and Considering that paid educational leave should be conceived in terms of a policy of continuing education and training to be implemented pro- gressively and in an effective manner, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to paid educational leave, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take
the form of a Recommendation,
adopts this twenty-fourth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-four the follow- ing Recommendation, which may be cited as the Paid Educational Leave Recommendation, 1974:
I. DEFINITION
1. In this Recommendation, the term " paid edu- cational leave " means leave granted to a worker for educational purposes for a specified period during working hours, with adequate financial entitlements.
II. FORMULATION OF POLICY AND METHODS OF ImplemenTATION
2. Each Member should formulate and apply a policy designed to promote, by methods appropriate to national conditions and practice and by stages as necessary, the granting of paid educational leave for the purpose of -
(a) training at any level;
(b) general, social and civic education; (c) trade union education.
3. That policy should be designed to contribute, on differing terms as necessary—
(a) to the acquisition, improvement and adaptation of occupational and functional skills, and the promotion of employment and job security in conditions of scientific and technological devel- opment and economic and structural change; (b) to the competent and active participation of workers and their representatives in the life of the undertaking and of the community; (c) to the human, social and cultural advancement
of workers; and
(d) generally, to the promotion of appropriate con- tinuing education and training, helping workers to adjust to contemporary requirements.
4. (1) The policy should take account of the stage of development and the particular needs of the country and of different sectors of activity, of other social objectives, and of national priorities.
(2) It should be co-ordinated with general policies concerning employment, education and training as well as policies concerning hours of work, with due regard as appropriate to seasonal variations of hours of work or of volume of work.
5. The means by which provision is made for the granting of paid educational leave may include national laws and regulations, collective agreements, arbitration awards, and such other means as may be consistent with national practice.
6. It should be recognised that paid educational leave is not a substitute for adequate education and training early in life and that it is only one of a variety of means for continuing education and train- ing.
III. MEASURES FOR PROMOTION of Paid Educational Leave
7. The public authorities, employers' and workers' organisations, and institutions or bodies providing education and training should be asso- ciated, in a manner appropriate to national condi- tions and practice, with the formulation and applica- tion of the policy for the promotion of paid educa- tional leave.
8. Measures should be taken, on the basis of plans adapted to the aims of the policy-
(a) to ascertain the current and future education and training needs of workers which may be met by paid educational leave;
(b) to make full use of all available education and training facilities, and to establish new facilities to meet the education and training purposes of paid educational leave;
(c) to take account in teaching methods and educa- tion and training programmes of the objects and the terms of paid educational leave, which reflect new needs;
(d) to encourage workers to make the best use of education and training facilities available to them;