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

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Burkina Faso (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee had noted previously that the revision of the Labour Code and the public service statutes was in process and that the new texts would include provisions designed to eliminate all discrimination in employment and occupation. The Committee notes that the Government has transmitted advance drafts of the revised Labour Code to employers' and workers' organisations. It also notes the Government's indications concerning the reform of the public service statutes being undertaken at present. In this respect, the Committee notes, from the information available, the adoption of Zatu No. AN VI-0008/FP/TRAV of 26 October 1988 concerning the public service statutes, which revises Zatu No. AN IV-0011 bis/CNR/TRAV of 25 October 1986, of which sections 5, 15 and 61 referred to political criteria incompatible with the provisions of the Convention.

The Committee asks the Government to communicate the text of Zatu No. AN VI-0008/FP/TRAV of 26 October 1988, and to provide information on the progress of the revision of the Labour Code.

2. The Committee notes from the Government's report that vocational training and vocational guidance are open to everyone, without distinction of sex. The Committee asks the Government to indicate if measures have been taken or envisaged to encourage and improve vocational training for women, particularly with a view to promoting their access to technical training including non-traditional occupations.

3. The Committee notes with interest the information supplied by the Government in its report, to the effect that the National Office for the Promotion of Employment rejects job offers which discriminate on the basis of sex; it notes also that the employment services bring an action against any employer which dismisses a worker for such cause, and that an employer who dismisses a woman because of pregnancy is liable to civil and penal sanctions.

The Committee asked the Government to supply the texts which impose sanctions in cases of discrimination based on sex, as well as inspection reports and judicial rulings made in this field.