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

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

With reference to the Committee’s previous comments, the Government confirms its intention of taking into consideration, in the context of the Bill to amend the Labour Code, the need to bring the latter into conformity with Article 3(a) of the Convention by providing for a compulsory postnatal period of leave during which resumption of work is prohibited. The Convention provides for a compulsory period of postnatal leave of at least six weeks with a view to ensuring that, as a result of pressure or the offer of material gain which might be proposed, the woman is not induced to return to work before the end of the statutory period of postnatal leave, to the detriment of her health and that of her child. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue providing information on any progress achieved in the adoption of the above Bill and provide a copy of the Labour Code, as amended.