Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156) - Niger (Ratification: 1985)

The Committee notes that for a number of years the Government has not submitted a report or the report submitted has not replied to previous direct requests. The Committee draws attention to the need for information on the following points: the adoption of the national policy contemplated by Article 3 of the Convention; measures taken to enable workers with family responsibilities to exercise their right to free choice of employment; measures taken to extend the application of section 119(4) of the Labour Code to men with family responsibilities; the manner in which the needs of workers with family responsibilities are taken into account in community planning at the local and regional levels; the manner in which family health centres, cooperatives or other organizations assist workers in caring for their dependent children or other family members; measures taken to disseminate information on the principles of the Convention under Article 6; vocational training and employment programmes to enable workers with family responsibilities to enter or re-enter the labour market under Article 7; existing provisions that prohibit family responsibilities from being used as a reason for termination; and the information requested under Part V of the report form.

The Committee hopes that the Government will not fail to take the necessary  measures and to provide the information requested.