Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) - Cyprus (Ratification: 2005)

The Committee notes the Government’s first report, from which it appears that the national legislation generally complies with the provisions of the Convention. In order to allow a thorough analysis of the application of the Convention, the Committee requests the Government to provide the Office with a copy of the following national laws and regulations: the Maternity Protection Law, the Law on the equal treatment of men and women in employment and vocational training, the Social Insurance Law, the Termination of Employment Law and the Maternity Protection (Safety and Health at Work) Regulations, translated, if possible, into English or French. Furthermore, the Government is requested to provide detailed information in its next report on the application of the provisions of the Convention which are not mentioned in its first report, namely Article 1 (non-discrimination), Article 2 (scope of application), Article 3 (protection of the health of pregnant and breastfeeding workers), Article 5 (leave in case of illness or complications), Article 6(6) (social assistance for women who do not meet the conditions to qualify for cash maternity benefits), and paragraph 7 (medical benefits), and Article 9, paragraph 2 (prohibiting the requirement of a pregnancy test), of the Convention.

Parts IV and V of the report form. The Committee requests the Government to provide, in accordance with the report form, information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including, for example, statistics on the total number of women employed, including the number of women who are employed in the context of atypical forms of dependent work, such as home work, temporary work or telework. Please also provide extracts from official reports or court decisions or other decisions concerning questions of principle relating to the application of the Convention, information on the number and nature of violations reported, as well as any other details on the difficulties encountered, if any, in applying the Convention in practice.