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

Maternity Protection Convention, 1919 (No. 3) - Argentina (Ratification: 1933)

Articles 3(d) and 4 of the Convention. Nursing breaks and protection of employment. The Committee notes the observations from the Confederation of Workers of Argentina (CTA) and the General Confederation of Labour of the Argentine Republic (CGT-RA) received in 2013 – which repeat previous observations – concerning the non-application in practice of sections 178 and 179 of Act No. 20744 concerning employment contracts. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken to ensure better application in practice of sections 178 and 179 of Act No. 20744 concerning employment contracts and to send further information including, for example, the number of inspection visits, the number of enterprises inspected, infringements reported and measures taken in this respect, the sectors of activity covered, etc.