Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Night Work (Women) Convention, 1919 (No. 4) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1934)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its reports.

Following up on its previous comments, the Committee notes that the national legislation no longer contains any provision prohibiting women’s employment during the night, except for pregnant workers as from the sixth month of pregnancy, and that therefore the Convention has for all practical purposes ceased to apply.

The Committee notes from the Government’s reports that the Ministry of Labour has undertaken consultations with public institutions and the most representative employers’ and workers’ organizations with a view to examining the possibility of ratification of the Night Work Convention, 1990 (No. 171), or the Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 89), and its Protocol of 1990, to be followed by the denunciation of Convention No. 4.

The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of any decisions taken in this regard.