Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2011, Publicación: 101ª reunión CIT (2012)

Convenio sobre la discriminación (empleo y ocupación), 1958 (núm. 111) - Chequia (Ratificación : 1993)

Discrimination based on sex. Inherent requirements of the job. The Committee notes that under section 6(3) of Act No. 198/2009 of 23 April 2008 (the Anti-Discrimination Act), “difference of treatment in matters of access to or vocational training for employment or occupation shall not constitute discrimination on grounds of sex, provided that it is based on substantive grounds consisting in the nature of the performed work or activities and the requirements made are appropriate to that nature.” The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of section 6(3) of the Anti Discrimination Act in practice, including through any administrative or judicial decisions handed down in this respect.

Equality of opportunity of men and women in employment and occupation. The Committee notes that specific action was planned for 2010 in order to promote equal opportunity between men and women, with priority given to the following: (1) developing training opportunities for women, with special attention being given to women from disadvantaged groups (women older than 55, rural women, single mothers and women from minorities); (2) reinforcing enforcement of legal provisions, on gender equality through inspections; (3) training of careers counsellors, work advisers and employees at labour offices on equal opportunity between men and women; (4) adopting measures to overcome horizontal gender segregation in the labour market, including fighting gender stereotypes; (5) informing employers of the possibilities to support reconciliation between work and family responsibilities. In this respect, a special Committee for Balancing Work, Private and Family Life was set up by the Government Council for Equal Opportunities of Men and Women in April 2009. The Committee notes however that in its concluding observations the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) expressed concern about the low employment rate of women, horizontal and vertical segregation in the labour market, the wide gender wage gap, the lack of child care and pre-school facilities for children aged 0–6, as well as the limited capacity of the central and regional inspection offices to combat sex discrimination (CEDAW/C/CZE/CO/5, 22 October 2010, paragraph 30). While welcoming the measures envisaged by the Government, the Committee requests it to provide detailed information on the measures taken, indicating their impact on the employment and training opportunities for women and men, on the horizontal and vertical occupational segregation by sex, on the reconciliation of work and family responsibilities, and on the sharing of such responsibilities by men and women. In this respect, the Committee asks the Government to ensure that measures taken to reconcile work and family responsibilities, such as flexible working time arrangements, are available to both men and women on an equal footing and do not reinforce gender discrimination and stereotypes. The Committee requests once again the Government to provide information on any practical measures taken to promote action for gender equality at the enterprise level, in cooperation with workers’ and employers’ organizations.