Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Mongolia (Ratification: 1969)

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report that, in particular, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is currently preparing a draft new Labour Code which will modify and amend the 1991 Code while maintaining the advantages which that Code provides in sections 79, 80, 82, 83 and 84. The Committee also notes that that Ministry is commencing the preparation of a bill on employment promotion which will encompass the definition of unemployed persons and determine types, forms and framework of employment-promoting measures.

2. The Committee requests the Government to inform it on the progress made in the adoption of these bills, bearing in mind its comments, made in its previous direct request, on section 83 of the present Code (special additional leave available to mothers which, unlike most of the other benefits, is not available to single fathers) and the Government's announcement that it would examine the matter during the amendment of the Act. The Committee would like to receive copies of these texts once they are adopted.

3. The Committee also noted in its previous direct request that while serious efforts are being made to ensure equality in access to education and training (65.5 per cent of all trainees are women) the sex of the workers is taken into account when training engineers and technical staff in such fields as geology, mining, fuel and energy. The Committee requests the Government to clarify this indication and to refer to paragraphs 97 and 98 of the above-mentioned 1988 General Survey where there is a discussion of occupational segregation based on traditional approaches to "female" versus "male" occupations.