Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Maternity Protection Convention, 1919 (No. 3) - Cameroon (Ratification: 1970)

Article 3 of the Convention. Qualifying period for entitlement to the daily maternity allowance. In its earlier comments on the situation of women workers who do not fulfil the six-month qualifying period for entitlement to the daily maternity allowance granted under section 25 of Act No. 68-LF-7 and sections 6 and 26 of Order No. 007/MTLS/DPS of 14 April 1970, the Committee drew the Government’s attention to the possibility of affording them appropriate benefits out of public funds (as part of a social assistance scheme, for example). In reply, the Government states that this matter is regulated by collective agreements. Noting this information, the Committee requests the Government to send copies of collective agreements containing relevant provisions.

Article 4. Employment protection. In a communication dated 20 September 2013, the General Union of Workers of Cameroon (UGTC) asserts that some enterprises are dismissing women because of pregnancy. In view of these comments, the Committee requests the Government to indicate how it ensures that Article 4 of the Convention is applied in law and in practice, including through labour inspection.