Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report and the attached documentation.

1. The Committee notes the adoption of Act No. 223 of 1991 concerning collective dismissals, labour mobility and the rotation of workers in the wage guarantee fund, which stipulates that the selection of workers to be laid off shall be based, inter alia, on collective agreements concluded with trade unions or, in the absence of such agreements, taking account of the following factors: family responsibilities, length of service, technical production and organizational requirements and, according to the Government, in compliance with the principle of non-discrimination. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which family responsibilities are taken into account in the selection process and the manner in which non-discrimination is guaranteed so as to ensure that dismissals and other conditions of work are based on factors irrespective of race, colour, sex, religion, national extraction, political opinion or social origin in conformity with the Convention.

2. The Committee notes from the Government that, while the percentage of women in the labour force is increasing and their percentage of the unemployed is decreasing, the percentage of women in management is very low. The Committee requests the Government to indicate any measures that are being taken in addition to those provided under Act No. 125 of 1991 on positive action to promote equality between women and men in access to high-level posts, access to vocational training and retraining, terms and conditions of employment and security of employment and to indicate the results of those measures including statistical information.

3. The Committee again requests the Government to supply information on policies and programmes that have been established with a view to promoting equality of opportunity and treatment in respect of access to employment and particular occupations, access to training and retraining, terms and conditions of employment and security of employment on the basis of race, colour, national extraction and social origin.