Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

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

Broad National Agreement. In its previous observation, the Committee referred to the National Solidarity Plan for Anti-Crisis Employment adopted on 4 November 2010 and the comments on that subject made by the Workers’ General Central Union (CGT), the Single Confederation of Workers of Honduras (CUTH) and the Workers’ Central Union of Honduras (CTH), and it requested the Government to provide information on the impact of the Solidarity Plan on equality policies. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that up to May 2013 a further 144,171 jobs had been generated, 46 per cent of which were for women. The Government adds that in 2012 there were 66,003 dismissals. The Committee further notes the conclusion on 12 February 2012 of the Broad National Agreement by the Government, the Honduran National Business Council (COHEP), the CGT, CUTH, CTH, the National Rural Workers’ Federation of Honduras (CENACH), the Coordinating Council of Rural Workers’ Organizations of Honduras (COCOCH), the National Confederation of Rural Workers (CNC), among other organizations. Through this Agreement the Government undertakes to focus its action on compliance with the Agreement. The objectives of the Agreement include the protection of vulnerable population groups (indigenous peoples, Afro-Hondurans, persons with disabilities, migrants) and women through the rationalization of public sector expenditure and the increased effectiveness of projects and of conditional and unconditional cash transfers. It will lead to an improvement in the coverage of programmes and increase their impact. The Single Registry of Beneficiaries and the Single Focus System have been established with a view to achieving greater equity in the distribution of plans and programmes. Enterprises will participate through a corporate social responsibility strategy. The Agreement provides specifically for the allocation of resources to business development programmes for 5,000 women and the training of 2,500 young persons. The Agreement also establishes a mechanism, in the Economic and Social Council (CES), which is of tripartite composition, to monitor outcomes in the achievement of its objectives. The Committee requests the Government to provide specific information on the evaluation of the implementation of the Broad National Agreement and the results achieved through its application, and on the manner in which it has influenced the implementation of the various equality and non-discrimination plans and programmes at the national level, and particularly the IInd Gender Equality and Equity Plan of Honduras 2010–22 (IIPIEGH), the Youth Employment Plan and the other employment plans, the PROCINCO programme in maquilas and the Comprehensive Development Programme for Indigenous Peoples (DIPA). The Committee also asks the Government to provide information on the monitoring of the implementation of the Agreement and its results by the CES and on the participation of the social partners in the CES.

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