Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Antigua and Barbuda (Ratification: 1983)

National extraction and social origin. The Committee recalls that section C4(1) of the Labour Code does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of national extraction or social origin. It also recalls that where legal provisions are adopted to give effect to the principle of the Convention, they should include at least all the grounds of discrimination specified in Article 1(1)(a) of the Convention, namely race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction and social origin (General Survey on fundamental Conventions, 2012, paragraph 853). The Committee notes the Government’s statement that when the new Labour Code is published, national extraction and social origin will be included to give effect to the Convention. However, no indication is given as to when the drafting of a new Labour Code would be undertaken. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the concrete steps taken to draft and adopt a new Labour Code, and urges the Government to ensure that in this process specific provisions are included defining and prohibiting direct and indirect discrimination, in all aspects of employment and occupation, covering at least all the grounds of discrimination enumerated in the Convention, namely race, sex, colour, religion, political opinion, national extraction and social origin.

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