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Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) - Belize (RATIFICATION: 2005)

Article 8 of the Convention. Employment protection. With reference to its previous comments concerning employment protection of women during pregnancy, the Committee notes with interest that a new section 42(1) has been included in the Labour Act by the Labour (Amendment) Act No. 3, 2011, providing that a female worker’s pregnancy or a reason connected with her pregnancy do not constitute good and sufficient cause for dismissal or for the imposition of disciplinary action against a worker.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.