Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Bulgaria (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes the Government's detailed reply to its previous direct request.

1. The Committee notes from the Government's reply that the Labour Code Amendment Bill, which has been submitted to the National Assembly, has taken into account the questions and concerns raised by the Committee in its previous comments concerning sections 74 (deletion of the qualification of socialist morality as a criterion of employment); 93 (deletion of provision for public organisations to sit on committees determining eligibility of candidates for competitive examination); and 306 (deletion of provision for list of jobs prohibited to women) of the 1987 Labour Code.

2. The Committee notes with interest the information supplied by the Government concerning the application of the 1987 Labour Code provisions which concern special protection for partially disabled persons. It hopes that such provisions are retained in the Labour Code after it has been amended and requests the Government to continue to supply information on the practical application of such provisions. The Committee also requests the Government to supply a copy of the reassignment ordinance, as amended by the Council of Ministers Decree No. 65, dated 4 June 1990, to which the Government refers in its reply, in connection with the reassignment and compensation of disabled persons.

3. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its direct request concerning the termination of a contract of employment without notice under section 330(2)(4) of the 1987 Labour Code. Within this context, the Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of any changes in the relevant sections of the Penal Code.

4. The Committee notes that no information was provided in regard to the provision of section 130 of the 1987 Labour Code in the Labour Code Amendment Bill (possibility to impose an obligation on certain employees to maintain a faultless public conduct outside the performance of their job assignment or other obligations not envisaged by the Code). Referring to its previous comments, the Committee requests the Government to indicate whether any obligations have been imposed on workers pursuant to this section and, if so, to describe the nature and purpose of such obligations.