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

Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ratification: 2010)

The Committee notes the first report and would like to receive further information on health protection of pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Brcko District (Article 3 of the Convention) and the leave in case of illness or complications arising from pregnancy or childbirth in the Republika Srpska (Article 5).

Article 8(1) and (2) of the Convention. Employment protection. The Committee requests the Government to provide information concerning: (a) the protection of employment during the breastfeeding period, in particular if the employee returns to work before the expiry of her maternity leave; (b) the burden of proof in case of dismissal during the protected period in the Republika Srpska and the Brcko District; (c) the obligation to provide to the employee equivalent employment and pay upon her return from the maternity leave in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Brcko District; and (d) the possibility to reinstate the employee in case of dismissal during the protected period.