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

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Germany (Ratification: 1961)

1. The Committee has noted the information supplied in the Government's last report in reply to its previous direct request on the measures taken to promote the employment of disabled persons.

2. The Committee has noted with interest the various measures taken, through information campaigns directed at parents, teachers and instructors, enterprises and girls themselves, testing of new teaching methods and materials and occupational consulting, in order to widen the occupational choices of girls and women and overcome the traditional attitudes which hinder the access of women to technically oriented occupations. The Committee has also noted that, although more than 350 occupations requiring training are available to women without restrictions, 80 per cent of all female trainees are still concentrated in 25 occupations, mostly characterised by reduced chances of obtaining employment, lower pay, less independence and limited opportunities for changes and advanced training. The Committee hopes that the next report will contain information, including statistical data, on the progress achieved in reducing occupational segregation on the labour market.

3. The Committee has noted with interest the guidelines concerning the advancement of women in the federal administration, which were approved by the Federal Cabinet on 25 September 1990. It hopes that the next report will contain information, including statistical data, on the results achieved through the practical implementation of these guidelines.

4. The Committee has noted that the information requested on the situation of women in higher scientific establishments will be forwarded in due course. It hopes that this information will be contained in the next report.

5. The Committee requests the Government, in its next report, to provide information, including statistical data, on the measures taken to promote the access of women to managerial positions in the private sector, and on the results achieved.

6. In its last report, the Government has referred to the major changes in the political situation in Europe, including the unification of the two German States. The Committee has taken note, in this connection, of the transitional provisions relating to labour matters and employment in the public service contained in Annex I, Chapters VIII and XIX, of the Unification Treaty of 31 August 1990. It would appreciate information on the measures taken with a view to ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment in accordance with the Convention in the new regions specified in Article 3 of the Treaty, more particularly as regards: (a) employment in the public service in those regions; and (b) access of persons from those regions to the federal public service and to the public service of the previously existing Länder of the Federal Republic.