Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103) - Greece (Ratification: 1983)

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report, particularly with regard to the application of Article 3, paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, of the Convention (extension of maternity leave in the event of confinement after the presumed date or illness arising out of pregnancy or confinement) to agricultural employees. It requests the Government to supply the text of the appropriate laws or regulations.

2. The Committee also notes from the Government's report of 1991 on Convention No. 111 that 132 cases of legal proceedings were commenced in 1988 against employers concerning the dismissal of pregnant women or mothers, which resulted in the reinstatement of 121 women workers and the imposition of six fines. The Committee requests the Government to supply, where appropriate, detailed information on any case which involved the dismissal of a woman worker during her maternity leave.