Legal recourse against child labour and trafficking was available under all those provisions.

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

In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the Labour Law provisions, the lowest salary is determined by collective contracts and labour regulations.

It appeared that anti discrimination provisions of the labour laws were inadequate or inadequately enforced.

The Committee hoped that the Government would take the opportunity to insert such provisions in the draft Labour Code.

(a) Take steps to improve the labour conditions of children who are allowed to work and enforce the provisions of the Minors' Rights (Protection and Defence) Act with regard to child labour and

Ms. Singhateh (Gambia) said that the Labour Act contained no discriminatory provisions but was very old and needed to be reviewed.

The Committee recommends that the State party abolish the use of forced labour as a corrective measure, and amend or repeal the relevant provisions of its legislation to bring them into line with the provisions of article 6 of the Covenant.

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.

Overall, legal provisions do not discriminate against women as regards choice of profession or employment (cf. Article 25 of the Constitution, Article 5 of the Labour Code).

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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.

Noting that under section 40 of the Labour Proclamation, the Minster of Labour and Human Welfare may determine the provisions of the Proclamation that shall apply to all, or to a category of domestic workers, the Committee asks the Government to indicate whether such a determination has been made.

In its direct request of 2003 the Committee recalled that the unqualified prohibition of forced or compulsory labour in section L6 of the Labour Code which does not include all work required in the public interest by legislative provisions on participation in development was inconsistent with the Convention.

For those employed in the informal sector or those not covered under a collective agreement between unions and employers, provisions are varied and it is the role of the Inspectors of the Department of Labour to ensure that the provisions of the law are complied with.

The Labour Code contains a number of provisions to protect maternity, so that women workers can fulfil their dual roles as mothers and professionals without thereby impairing the principle of equality.

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Discussions had taken place on whether the Bill needed to be amended to include comprehensive provisions on sexual harassment or whether they should be incorporated into a new labour and employment act.

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

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What measures have been taken or implemented to combat sexual harassment at work? Are there any programmes to have stronger enforcement of the Labour Protection Act of 1998 or strengthen its sexual harassment provisions?

(d) Promoting women's equal access to labour markets, sustainable employment and adequate labour protection

Labour movements are particularly strong in Austria and have large influence on labour politics.

a From labour force surveys, household surveys, population censuses or labour related establishment surveys.

While child labour was prohibited he acknowledged that some child labour persisted in agricultural activities.

The Committee notes with concern that many Roma children below the minimum working age of 15 years work in the informal economy without being covered by the labour code's special provisions on protection of minors.

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