Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Hungary (Ratification: 1961)

Article 1 of the Convention. Discrimination in employment and occupation. Legislation. The Committee recalls that the Labour Code, 2012 provides for the principle of equal treatment. However it does not explicitly prohibit discrimination nor does it enumerate any prohibited grounds of discrimination or refer to the numerous prohibited grounds enumerated in the Equal Treatment Act, 2003. The Committee asks the Government to envisage taking steps to include in the Labour Code provisions defining and prohibiting direct and indirect discrimination on at least all the grounds enumerated under Article 1(1)(a) of the Convention (race, colour, sex, political opinion, religion, national extraction and social origin) and in all aspects of employment and occupation, and provide information on the steps taken in this respect. In this context, the Committee also asks the Government to ensure that any permissible exceptions are limited to inherent requirements of the particular job as strictly defined pursuant to Article 1(2) of the Convention and special measures of protection or assistance as set out in Article 5.

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