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

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

1. The Committee notes with interest the adoption of the new Labour Code, Act XXII, of 1992, which in addition to reaffirming the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds listed in Article 1, paragraph 1(a), of the Convention, provides in section 5(3) that employers shall ensure exclusively on the basis of time spent on the job, professional skills, experience and performance, without discrimination, the opportunity of employees to be promoted to a higher position. The Committee also notes with interest section 2 of Act IV of 1991 on Employment Promotion and Provision for Unemployed Persons, which provides that in promoting employment and supporting unemployed persons, equal opportunity should be ensured for each worker irrespective of sex, age, race, social origin, national extraction, religion, political opinion and membership of workers' organizations.

2. The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.