Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Barbados (Ratification: 1974)

The Committee notes that the Government's report contains no reply to its previous comments. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

The Committee recalls that, following the Government's earlier indication on the unlikely prospect of adoption of the Employment and Related Provisions Bill, prepared in 1978 in order to give effect to the Convention, the Committee has requested information on measures taken, including any legislative provisions adopted, to apply the Government's declared policy of non-discrimination against women and to prohibit discrimination in employment and occupation in accordance with the Convention. The Committee trusts that the Government will be able in its next report to indicate further progress in this field.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.