Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1994, publiée 81ème session CIT (1994)

Convention (n° 156) sur les travailleurs ayant des responsabilités familiales, 1981 - Venezuela (République bolivarienne du) (Ratification: 1984)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in answer to its previous comments, and the promulgation of the new Organic Labour Act.

Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee notes section 29 of the Organic Labour Act which provides that, in engaging their personnel, employers shall, other matters being equal, give preference to heads of households of either sex. It asks the Government to report on the progress of the regulations provided for in the above Act and hopes that when they are drafted, it will be borne in mind that the fundamental objective of the Convention is to ensure that the family responsibilities of men and women workers do not become grounds for discrimination.

Article 4, paragraph (b). The Committee again asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to give effect to this provision of the Convention with regard not only to recruitment but conditions of employment and social security. In connection with this last point, the Committee asks the Government to provide detailed information on the benefits referred to in the second paragraph of section 387 of the Organic Labour Law.

Article 5. The Committee notes with interest the information on the progress of the National Childcare Programme which is community-oriented and aims to incorporate mothers into the labour market. The Committee hopes that the Government will continue to provide information on the implementation of the above programme and how it is progressing in practice in terms of meeting its set objective.

Article 6. The Committee notes the existence of the National Institute for Cooperation in Education (INCE) and its General Directorate for Communications and Public Relations, "which is responsible for disseminating through the social media the activities, plans and programmes of the INCE". The Committee asks the Government to provide a copy of the Organic Act respecting the INCE together with detailed information on how the General Directorate of Communications and Public Relations promotes information and education for the general public which engender a broader public understanding of the principle of equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women workers and of the problems of workers with family responsibilities.

Article 7. The Committee notes the indication in the Government's report that there is a General Directorate of Vocational Guidance in the INCE. The Committee asks the Government to provide a copy of the regulations governing the activities of the above General Directorate together with detailed information on its activities in the area of vocational guidance and training to enable workers with family responsibilities to become and remain integrated in the labour force, as well as to re-enter the labour force after an absence due to those responsibilities.