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Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Dominican Republic (RATIFICATION: 1964)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its reports.

1. In connection with its accompanying observation, the Committee notes that Fundamental Principle VII of the new Labour Code of 1992 prohibits any discrimination on a number of grounds, other than those provided for in the legislation itself for the purposes of protecting the worker. It asks the Government to provide information on whether any special protective legislation, other than that set out in the Code, has been adopted and, if so, to indicate the measures of consultation taken in accordance with Article 5(2) of the Convention.

2. The Committee notes, however, that no information is given on the measures adopted to facilitate women's access to technical and vocational training given by institutions in this field, and it once again requests the Government to provide such details in its next report, as well as statistical data, disaggregated by sex, on the rate of enrolment in these institutions and on the occupations for which training is given.

3. Noting that in its report for the period ending 30 June 1990 the Government stated that it was hoping to introduce a Bill on the civil service and administrative careers in the National Congress before its mandate expires on 16 August 1994, but that there has been no information provided on this since then, and observing that the new Labour Code does not apply to the civil service, the Committee reiterates its hope that such legislation will be able to be adopted in the near future and will contain provisions which expressly prohibit any discrimination in employment for this sector based on the grounds listed in Article 1, paragraph 1(a), of the Convention.

4. The Government previously indicated that the labour authorities were preparing a report containing statistical data on the structure of employment in the public sector, which was to be transmitted to the Office. The Committee asks the Government to provide any such data and hopes that they will indicate the number of women employed in the public administration and in state enterprises, including the number of women holding posts of responsibility and their percentage compared with the number of male public sector employees.