Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158) - Niger (Ratification: 1985)

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:

Part II. Article 5(d). In its previous comments the Committee noted from the Government's report that any woman who is dismissed on the ground of pregnancy may lodge a complaint with the labour inspector who is obliged to attempt to effectuate a conciliation between the parties and to order the reinstatement of the female worker. Where the employer refuses, the file is then transmitted to the Labour Tribunal which is empowered to impose sanctions on the employer and to order him to pay damages to the victim. The Committee asked the Government to supply copies of the decisions relating to termination on the ground of pregnancy. The Government indicates in its reply that the decisions requested have not been found, but that the possibility of the judicial protection against dismissal on the abovementioned ground is still available. The Committee therefore asks the Government to supply copies of such decisions as soon as they are available, as well as statistics or other information available concerning the implementation of this provision of the Convention in practice, such as information on any complaints lodged with the labour inspector or the court or any conciliation effectuated.

Part III. Articles 13 and 14 and Part V of the report form. Please continue to supply, in future reports, information on practical implementation of these provisions, including for example available statistics on the number of terminations for economic or similar reasons. Please also indicate any practical difficulties encountered in the implementation of the Convention.