Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Seychelles (Ratification: 1999)

Article 2 of the Convention. National equality policy. The Committee notes with interest the formulation, in collaboration with the social partners, and the adoption on 28 April 2014 of the renewed National Employment Policy and Strategies (NEPS). The NEPS includes a strategy on non-discrimination in the workplace which provides for detailed measures to promote gender equality and address discrimination against people living with disabilities, the elderly and people living with HIV/AIDS. The strategy highlights the importance of conducting a study on discrimination in the workplace to identify any possible forms of discrimination and ensure the effective application of the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), and the present Convention. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development (MLHRD) has earmarked this study for the last quarter of 2014 and intends to finalize the Action Plan of the Policy, in consultation with the social partners, by October 2014. The Committee further notes the Government’s indication that a draft National Policy on HIV and AIDS in the workplace addressing discrimination of workers living with HIV is being developed in collaboration with the social partners. The Committee requests the Government to detail the steps taken, within the framework of the NEPS, its action plan or otherwise, to promote equality in employment and occupation irrespective of race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction and social origin, and to provide information on the results achieved. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on the study on discrimination in the workplace and its findings and on the adoption and implementation of the National Policy on HIV and AIDS in the workplace, in particular with respect to addressing discrimination and stigmatization of workers on the basis of their real or perceived HIV status.

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