Law Organising 24-Hour Working Time in Three Eight-Hour Shifts

Known in Haiti as the 3x8 law, this instrument sets the terms on which a working day of twenty-four hours may be organized in three successive shifts of eight hours. It is grounded in the constitutional labor articles (articles 35 and its sub-paragraphs, together with articles 111, 111-1 and 136 of the amended Constitution of 29 March 1987) and in international labor conventions cited in its preamble. Its economic significance is in the manufacturing sector: continuous operation raises the utilization of installed capacity in assembly and export industries, and the absence of a clear legal basis for three-shift working had been raised as a constraint by industrial employers. The law was voted alongside the law creating the National Solid Waste Management Service (SNGRS), with which it shares the gazette issue - Le Moniteur, 172nd year, Special No. 29, Thursday 21 September 2017.