Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1989)

The Committee notes the information sent in the Government’s report in reply to comments made by the Inter-Trade Union Assembly-National Workers’ Convention (PIT-CNT) concerning instances of discrimination based on sex in the National Administration of Electricity Plants and Distribution (UTE). The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the women workers who filed a complaint for discrimination with the General Labour Inspectorate, thus exhausting the administrative procedures, appealed to the Labour Court, which ruled against them, dismissing their claim on formal grounds. The Committee recalls that the PIT-CNT has alleged that, because special security standards were applied to women, women workers received smaller amounts than men when they collected voluntary redundancy benefits. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the criteria applied to determine the amounts awarded to workers under the UTE’s retirement incentive plan for 2001 and 2002.

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