Labour non discrimination principle

Legal Protection from Discrimination within the Workplace

Discrimination based on work and descent

Improvement of the work of the Commission on Population and Development

The Program for Equal Opportunity and to Combat Discrimination at Work The Ministry for Labor and Employment implements this program that aims at effectively combating social exclusion in the labor market originated by different forms of discrimination.

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The younger generation is also discriminated against in employment.

Horizontal and vertical segregation are detrimental to women's participation in the labour market.

It is difficult to prove discrimination based on labor.

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The Government also reported that the Labour Act prohibits direct or indirect discrimination against job seekers and that, when an employee complains of discrimination, the burden of proof of non discrimination rests with the employer.

It also monitors compliance with the law and investigates complaints of discrimination in employment practices.

They must prevent discrimination in the workplace and ensure access for the disadvantaged.

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ILO Convention on Employment Policy, 1964 (No. 122) ILO Convention on Discrimination (Employment and Occupation), 1958 (No. 111) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Promoting integration and combating discriminations against disadvantaged persons in the labour market

A person has the right to demand compensation for discrimination as regards job offers.

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Despite the fact that the Law On the Medical and Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities prohibits to discriminate the persons with disabilities in respect of employment, as well as that the Labour Law, which directly prohibits discrimination of persons with disabilities in establishing and during the employment relationships, there are cases when employers are not willing to establish employment relations with persons with disabilities.

Policies should be enacted to eliminate these discriminatory practices and to ensure that the host country's labour laws and labour standards are applicable to migrant workers as well.

In view of the absence of discrimination against women in the field of employment, there are no provisions to be abolished.

Even though one third of adolescent girls report that their first sexual experience was forced, rape and sexual assault are rarely prosecuted.

Workers' representatives and NGOs were involved in all discussions on eliminating discrimination in the workplace.

Identify communities (including diaspora communities), groups of people or areas that are discriminated against based on work and descent in any country that your organization is aware of in reasonable detail with regard to the number of people affected, historical, social, religious and cultural backgrounds and types of discrimination (for example, discrimination with

Does your organization deal with the issue of discrimination based on work and descent? Provide information regarding the nature and extent of the work of your organization to eliminate such discrimination.

(d) Eliminate discrimination in the work place, providing equal opportunity for the hiring and advancement of women

Indicate whether discrimination in the provision of benefits is also prohibited under the Labour Act.

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

The Labour Law of 20 June 2001 defines indirect discrimination.

A growing body of laws, policies and programmes addressed discrimination in employment.

16. Of relevance in this connection are the comments of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organization, which considered the question of discrimination in the fields of labour and education in connection with Convention No. 111 concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation, ratified by Cuba in 1965.

The workshops are intended to encourage the representatives of the affected communities to actively participate in the discussions on the topic of discrimination based on work and descent.

1.10 No figures are available from the Labour Department on cases of discrimination.

It trains executives for the institutions of employment support in issues of racial discriminations.

The new Labour Law, in its turn, includes the prohibition of gender discrimination when selecting employees.

In the labour field the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare is conducting a continuous campaign to eliminate discrimination against women in labour matters and promote training with a gender perspective.

In labour matters the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (STPS) is running a permanent campaign to eliminate discrimination against women in the workplace and for gender perspective training.

Women continue to face discrimination in the labour market, and this remains a major issue for young people.

Members also requested further information relating to the role of the Labour Court in protecting persons against discrimination.

Another bill submitted to Parliament proposing the prohibition of ethnic discrimination in the workplace would apply both to job seekers and to persons already in employment.