Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103) - Sri Lanka (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's first report. It also notes the observations of the Lanka Jathika Estate Workers' Union (LJEWU). The Committee asks the Government to supply full information on the application of the Convention to plantation workers, particularly concerning the grant of alternative maternity benefits.

The Committee also requests the Government to forward copies of the following texts and communications mentioned in the Government's report:

(a) the regulations of 1946, 1957 and 1962, pertaining to the Maternity Benefits Ordinance;

(b) the Shop and Office Employees Act, No. 19 of 1954, as amended to present;

(c) Chapter XII, section 18, of the Establishment Code;

(d) the observations of the Employers' Federation of Ceylon and the Ceylon Workers' Congress which were not received by the ILO.

The Committee has decided to defer examination of the Government's report pending receipt of the above-mentioned documents.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 1997.]