Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2013, publiée 103ème session CIT (2014)

Convention (n° 89) sur le travail de nuit (femmes) (révisée), 1948 - Bahreïn (Ratification: 1981)

Autre commentaire sur C089

Observation

1991

Demande directe

2013
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Article 3 of the Convention. General prohibition of night work for women. The Committee notes the adoption of the new Labour Law for the Private Sector No. 36 of 2012, in particular section 30 which provides for a ministerial decision to determine the occupations and circumstances in which women may not be employed at night. The Committee requests the Government to specify whether such a decision has already been issued and also to clarify the current status of Order No. 18/1976 and Order No. 44 of 2007 respecting the circumstances, occupations and occasions in which women may be required to work at night between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. following the adoption of the new Labour Law.

The Committee wishes to draw once more the Government’s attention to the fact that general protective measures for female workers, such as blanket prohibitions – as contrasted to special measures aimed at protecting women’s reproductive and maternal capacity – are increasingly regarded as obsolete and unnecessary infringements on the fundamental principle of equality of opportunity and treatment between men and women. The Committee accordingly suggests that the Government might wish to consider the possibilities offered by the 1990 Protocol to Convention No. 89 for broader exemptions from the night work prohibition and variations in the duration of the night period, while maintaining the focus on women’s protection from arduous working conditions or, alternatively, ratify the Night Work Convention, 1990 (No. 171), which shifts the emphasis from a specific category of workers and sector of economic activity to the protection of night workers irrespective of gender in all branches and occupations. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any decision taken or envisaged in this regard.