Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 89) - Ghana (Ratification: 1959)

Other comments on C089

Observation

Direct Request

2014
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The Committee notes that the Government’s report merely reproduces the same information contained in its last report of 2008. It is therefore bound to repeat its previous request which concerned the following points.

Article 3 of the Convention. Prohibition of night work for women. Further to its previous comment in which the Committee noted that the Labour Act, 2003, no longer gives effect to the provisions of the Convention, the Committee notes the Government’s indications that the Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Employment has been advised of the Committee’s recommendations and will duly examine, in consultation with other competent authorities such as the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MOWAC), the National Labour Commission and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), the possibility of ratifying the Night Work Convention, 1990 (No. 171).

In this connection, the Committee wishes to refer to paragraphs 92–93 of its General Survey of 2001 on the night work of women in industry, in which it noted with concern the large number of member States which opted to no longer apply one of the relevant Conventions, Nos 4, 41 or 89, without however taking any concrete measures under ILO constitutional procedures with a view to formally terminating their obligations arising out of those Conventions. The Committee insists that the governments concerned should take the necessary action to remove any contradiction between international treaty obligations that might have grown outdated over time, and domestic legislation, in the interest of preserving a coherent body of international labour standards and giving full meaning to the Organization’s supervisory organs. For all useful purposes, the Committee recalls that Convention No. 89 may be denounced every ten years and will again be open to denunciation for a period of one year as from 27 February 2021. The Committee once again draws the attention of the Government to the possibility of ratifying Convention No. 171. It also requests the Government to continue to provide information on any decision taken with respect to Convention No. 89.