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Protection against discrimination13

Forms of discrimination

Discrimination during employment

  1. The non-renewal of a contract for anti-union reasons constitutes a prejudicial act within the meaning of Article 1 of Convention No. 98.
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2602Republic of Korea350671
2602Republic of Korea355654
2775Hungary360739
2836El Salvador36760
2995Colombia373207
Digest: 2006785
  1. In certain circumstances, the renewal of fixed-term contracts for several years may affect the exercise of trade union rights.
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2884Chile368213
2995Colombia373208
2998Peru371731
  1. In certain circumstances, the employment of workers through repeated renewals of fixed-term contracts for several years can be an obstacle to the exercise of trade union rights.
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3066375481
2946Colombia374250
2998Peru374719
3064Cambodia377213
3065 375481
  1. Fixed-term contracts should not be used deliberately for anti-union purposes.
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3066375481
2998Peru374719
3064Cambodia377213
3065 375481
  1. The Committee invited a government to examine with the most representative workers and employers organizations, a way of ensuring that the systematic use of short-term temporary contracts in the non-traditional export sector did not become in practice an obstacle to the exercise of trade union rights.
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3066375481
2675Peru357874
3065 375481
  1. Acts of harassment and intimidation carried out against workers by reason of trade union membership or legitimate trade union activities, while not necessarily prejudicing workers in their employment, may discourage them from joining organizations of their own choosing, thereby violating their right to organize.
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2494Indonesia348963
2508Iran (Islamic Republic of)3461181
2752Montenegro359919
2752Montenegro363920
2775Hungary360730
3035Guatemala373379
3142Cameroon378129
Digest: 2006786
  1. Granting bonuses to non-union member staff even if it is not to all non-union workers and excluding all workers who are union members from such bonuses during a period of collective conflict, constitutes an act of anti-union discrimination contrary to Convention No. 98.
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2752Montenegro359919
2752Montenegro363920
Digest: 2006787
  1. Direct threat and intimidation of members of a workers organization and forcing them into committing themselves to sever their ties with the organization under the threat of termination constitutes a denial of these workers freedom of association rights.
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3100India377376
  1. The governments obligations under Convention No. 98 and the principles on protection against anti-union discrimination cover not only acts of direct discrimination (such as demotion, dismissal, frequent transfer, and so on), but extend to the need to protect unionized employees from more subtle attacks which may be the outcome of omissions. In this respect, proprietorial changes should not remove the right to collective bargaining from employees, or directly or indirectly threaten unionized workers and their organizations.
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2494Indonesia348963
2823Colombia364483
Digest: 2006788
  1. The Committee has drawn attention to the fact that initiating administrative proceedings against union officials without sufficient grounds might have an intimidating effect on union officials.
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3000Chile373138
  1. Transfers of employees for reasons unconnected with their trade union affiliation or activities are not covered by Article 1 of Convention No. 98.
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2661Peru358793
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