Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Czechia (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Equality of opportunity of men and women in employment and occupation. The Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government concerning the situation of women in the labour market, including statistical information. The Committee notes that the Government acknowledges that women continue to face difficulties in participating, on an equal footing with men, in employment in the various sectors and levels of responsibility. The Committee also notes the efforts by the Government to introduce measures to support reconciliation of work and family responsibilities and to encourage a better sharing of family responsibilities between men and women. According to the Government’s report, progress has been made in the civil service in achieving a better gender balance, including in leadership positions. However, in the private sector, progress is slow and uneven. In this context, the Committee recalls the 2005 comments made by the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions with respect to the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) to the effect that individual employers should play a more active role in promoting gender equality, including through the adoption of equality plans. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide detailed information on the following:

(a)   the measures taken to promote equality of opportunity and treatment of men and women in employment and occupation, including specific measures to eliminate the existing horizontal and vertical occupational segregation by sex and the impact of such measures;

(b)    the progress made in promoting reconciliation of work and family responsibilities, including measures to challenge stereotypical attitudes concerning the role of men and women in society that hinder the achievement of gender equality;

(c)    the measure taken to promote action for gender equality at the enterprise level, in cooperation with workers’ and employers’ organizations.