Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Maternity Protection Convention, 1919 (No. 3) - Gabon (Ratification: 1961)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government stating that a Bill amending the Labour Code has been drafted in order to bring the national legislation into conformity with Article 3(a) of the Convention. The Bill is intended to take into account the observations made by the Committee regarding the need to establish compulsory postnatal leave during which resumption of work is prohibited. Keeping in view that the Convention establishes a protection that supplements the right to leave, with the object being of preventing pressure or the offer of material gain from inducing the worker to resume employment before the end of the legal period of postnatal leave, to the detriment of her health or that of her child, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would keep it informed of any progress made in enacting the Bill and to supply a copy of the text of the Labour Code after the amendments are carried out.