Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Niger (Ratification: 1962)

Article 1 of the Convention. Legislative changes. The Committee notes with interest the adoption of Act No. 2012-045 of 25 September 2012 issuing the Labour Code. It notes in particular that the new Labour Code has extended the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination through the addition of HIV/AIDS and sickle cell disease (section 5) and that it contains provisions for the benefit of persons with disabilities (a recruitment quota of 5 per cent – section 10 – and the adaptation of jobs and conditions of employment – section 46). The Committee also notes that penalties against persons engaging in discrimination have been increased considerably (sections 338 to 341) and that the new Labour Code explicitly prohibits certain forms of sexual harassment (section 45). The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the adoption of any regulations to implement the Labour Code in respect of equality and non-discrimination, and on the measures taken to disseminate knowledge of the provisions of the new Labour Code to workers, employers and their respective organizations.

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