Enforcement of Employment Legislation

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

As far as employment is concerned, the fundamental legislation of the Niger guarantees equal access to employment opportunities.

Alberta Human Resources and Employment will be conducting a review of Alberta's employment standards legislation in the coming year.

Health and safety legislation applying to employment treated men and women equally.

(b) Implementing and enforcing legislation on equal employment opportunities, including preventing sexual harassment

Kazakhstan amended its employment legislation and carried out capacity building activities to ensure employment, social development and protection for migrant women.

A wide range of gender sensitive legislation, policies and programmes has facilitated women's participation in both wage employment and self employment.

In order to guarantee the stability of women's employment, legislation makes maternity one of the grounds for suspension of an employment contract.

Moreover, in national employment legislation, there is no regulation stipulating that the consent of husbands is required for the employment of married women.

The plan embraced six main categories education, health, employment, human rights, legislation and the environment.

Ireland's far reaching equality legislation included the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000.

ILO initiated a project on the impact of legislation on employment and the training of persons with disabilities.

In the field of work, two new pieces of legislation were approved to deal with employment and maternity issues.

The Ministry of Labour has established an independent agency known as the Employment Equity Commission to administer the affirmative action legislation.

The Government was currently revising its policy and legislation on the employment of children, as well as reviewing all its labour legislation, in order to bring them into line with the ILO requirements.

In 2003 the Department of Women's Affairs proposed development of new legislation to include policies for equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment.

4.2 The Ministry of Labour has established an independent agency known as the Employment Equity Commission to administer the affirmative action legislation.

TVET support services include vocational guidance and counselling, employment services, information systems, occupational classification and skill standards, legislation, and research and development.

Second, they need to use their workforces efficiently, which requires modern labor legislation that encourages employment of women, the young, and senior citizens.

This legislation has precedence over any employment contract and applies to every employer whose enterprise employs 10 or more employees, including the government.

Enact legislation that ensures economic rights to women, including property rights, access to sustainable employment, adequate labor protection, and access to financial services.

In 1999, Japan s Equal Employment Opportunity Act was amended to provide equal employment opportunities for men and women by prohibiting discriminatory labor practices. But the legislation has had little impact on the workplace atmosphere for women.

The Income and Employment Support Act, which came into force in November 2004 and replaced the Social Assistance Act (1977), provides enabling legislation that will facilitate the integration of employment interventions with the Income Support Program.

Bosnia and Herzegovina legislation guarantees the right to work to all citizens, the right to choice of occupation, employment, job and position on equal terms.

Ms. Patten said that although the relevant legislation banned discrimination against women in employment, the report recognized that at times employers preferred men (p. 15).

The Committee urges the State party, as a matter of priority, to strengthen its efforts to effectively enforce its legislation prohibiting unlawful employment of children.

Legislation has been enacted to strengthen women's economic security in such vital areas as land and property rights, decent employment, and access to credit and markets.

(f) Full employment, expansion of productive employment

(h) Taking measures to combat corruption in all its aspects, including enforcing legislation against corruption, establishing oversight bodies and improving conditions of employment in the judicial sector

Following Independence in 1980, provisions for maternity leave entitlements were provided for in the Employment Act which was first enacted in 1983. This legislation was revised and the provisions are now contained under s36 of the Employment Act (Cap 160) as follows

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In addition, all draft legislation on employment and social issues was discussed with the relevant civil society organizations, usually in the National Tripartite Cooperation Council and its subcouncils.

Access to education and employment can be ensured through appropriate legislation, including policies of positive or affirmative action, which should assure equality of opportunity at the entry level.

(a) To protect through legislation persons with disabilities with regard to conditions of recruitment, hiring and employment, continuance of employment, career advancement, working conditions, including equal opportunities and equal remuneration for work of equal value, safe and healthy working conditions and the redressing of grievances

While no specific legislation on violence against women migrant workers was adopted by Member States in the period under review, legislation to protect women from all forms of violence and to prevent discrimination and sexual harassment in relation to employment also benefits migrant women.

In Germany, legislation came into force that provided incentives for job retention for workers with disabilities, while Japan established quotas for their employment in the public and private sectors.