Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

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

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its two first reports. It would be grateful if the Government would supply additional information in its next report on the following points:

Article 3 of the Convention. Please indicate whether and in what manner the establishment of equality of opportunity and treatment for workers with family responsibilities is an aim of national policy, as provided for in this Article of the Convention.

Article 4(a). 1. The Committee notes that no information was supplied in the reports as regards the measures taken to enable workers with family responsibilities to exercise their right to free choice of employment, in accordance with the requirements of this Article of the Convention. Please supply information concerning these measures.

2. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate whether the term "married employee", used in section 33 of the inter-occupational collective agreement of 15 December 1972, applies to women employees as well as to men.

Article 4(b). The Committee notes that section 119(4) of the Labour Code provides for supplementary annual leave for women with dependent children. Please indicate the measures that have been taken or are envisaged to extend this provision to men with dependent children, in accordance with the principle set out in the Convention of equality of treatment between men and women with family responsibilities.

Article 5(a). The Committee requests the Government to supply information on the measures that have been taken to take account of the needs of workers with family responsibilities in community planning at the local and regional level, in accordance with this provision of the Convention, and to supply information on the nature of the activities undertaken by the CNSS and the various bodies referred to in the reports.

Article 5(b). The Committee requests the Government to supply information on the nature of the activities undertaken in relation to families by the social assistance services, the medical centre and the centre for the protection of mothers and children. Please indicate in particular how provision is made to care for dependent children and elderly persons.

Article 6. The Committee notes the information that activities to increase the awareness of public opinion to the problems of workers with family responsibilities are undertaken through health-care centres and agricultural and education co-operatives. It requests the Government to supply information on the nature of these bodies and their functions, and on the impact of their activities on public opinion.

Article 7. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the nature of the transitional measures, particularly in the field of vocational training, that have been taken to facilitate the reintegration of workers into the labour force following a period of absence. It also requests the Government to indicate the measures that have been taken following the establishment of the tripartite committee responsible for examining the assistance to be given to workers with family responsibilities who have been made redundant following staff reductions.

Article 8. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the legal and other provisions which give effect to this Article and, in particular, to report any relevant ruling by the courts.