The Gambia's labour and employment legislation certainly needed to be reviewed.

Mr. KOWSURAT (Thailand) said that forced child labour constituted a violation of labour regulations and child protection legislation, and in many cases involved trafficking in persons, thus violating immigration legislation.

Changes in other relevant legislation on the labour market occurred in autumn 2000, with adoption of the Law on Changes and Amendments of Labour Law in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Labour Law in Republika Srpska, which introduced modern labour legislation and rescinded lay off .

Ms. Singhateh (Gambia) noted that the country's current labour legislation was outdated.

Maternity benefits are an accepted and integral part of most labour related legislation.

As explained previously, review of labour legislation is one of the tasks of the Ministry of Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis.

Victims of forced labour were not liable to punishment for having violated immigration legislation.

Constitutional Provisions Labour legislation does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of sex.

Lebanon's labour legislation decreed that there should be no discrimination on the basis of gender.

Recently adopted legislation included the new Labour Law, the Law on Labour Protection, a number of regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers on employment and labour protection and the Administrative Procedure Law.

The Committee found that the State party was not in compliance with the Charter as, although legislation prohibited child labour, the legislation was not effectively enforced.

That situation, however, did not apply to domestic and agricultural workers, who were still not covered by labour legislation.

Labour legislation is usually enacted at the federal level, but the responsibility for enforcing it falls on the provinces.

With regard to forced labour, Myanmar had already changed its legislation and had adopted administrative measures to monitor compliance with the laws against forced labour. It had drafted and signed an action plan in that regard in conjunction with the International Labour Organization.

The strategy recognized that child labour was inextricably linked with poverty and illiteracy and could not be solved by legislation alone.

Taking into account the physical status of women, labour legislation in the Niger provides for special treatment of women and children.

Replying to question 23, he said that the new legislation was being reviewed in conjunction with the International Labour Organization (ILO).

ESCAP has facilitated sharing of experience and good practices on the elimination of gender discrimination in the labour market through gender sensitive legislation.

The National Collective Labour Agreements of the years 2002 2004 have improved the existing legislation concerning private sector employees, as far as labour relations equality, parental leaves, paternal leaves and other issues related to gender are concerned.

Rights to breaks (daily, weekly, annual), number of work hours and paid leave during State holidays are regulated by labour legislation and collective contracts.

The National Collective Labour Agreements of the years 2002 2004 have improved the existing legislation for employees in the private sector, as regards equality in labour relations, parental leaves, paternity leaves and other matters related to gender issues.

As a notable contrast to the positive elements of new labour legislation in both Entities stand collective contracts, which remain largely oriented to strict prescription and control, thus imposing on the labour market many regulations from the previous period.

In Dunmore, the Supreme Court of Canada declared unconstitutional provisions of the impugned legislation excluding agricultural workers from the protection of the labour relations regime in Ontario.

Even though the existing labour legislation is adjusted to the requirements of a market economy, in practice it includes discrimination on an ethnic, age and gender basis.

The fact that labour legislation did not cover domestic or agricultural workers, and most of the latter were women, meant that there was serious discrimination against rural women.

He welcomes news that anti trafficking legislation is currently being drafted and that some progress has been made in prosecuting those involved in trafficking for forced labour purposes.

The situation of domestic workers was not covered by the labour legislation for a number of reasons including the complexities involved in legislating about matters in private homes.

In the private sector, where such differences sometimes existed, they were usually to be found in the smaller companies that were not subject to labour legislation and collective bargaining.

The Committee requested the Government to indicate how children working in domestic service who are not covered by the applicable legislation are protected against the worst forms of child labour.

It hoped that the Government would use the ongoing revision of the Labour Code as an opportunity to bring its legislation into full conformity with the requirements of the Convention.

Ms. Dairiam asked what further steps the Government was taking to allow women actually to benefit from the number of positive provisions in both the Constitution and the labour legislation.

The Committee, recalling its general recommendation XXX on discrimination against non citizens, encourages the State party to ensure full practical implementation of legislation prohibiting discrimination in employment and in the labour market.

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Ms. Tavares da Silva noted that the delegation had stated that domestic workers were fully covered by Ireland's labour legislation but also that they were excluded from the scope of the Equal Status Act.

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Gabon had ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Minimum Age Convention No. 138, which set the minimum age for employment at 14, but its own legislation improved upon that by making 16 the minimum age.

Labour laws do not yet provide cover to the entire Pakistani labour force.

Current Bosnia and Herzegovina legislation on protection of employment, as well as regulations on work contracts, are largely comparable, and to some point even more liberal, than labour markets in Slovenia or in other developed economies.

She therefore wondered how domestic workers which were a vulnerable group and often migrants were fully covered by the labour legislation. Was there a plan to bring them within the scope of the Equal Status Act?

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