Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Maternity Protection Convention, 1919 (No. 3) - Côte d'Ivoire (Ratification: 1961)

Article 3(a) of the Convention. Compulsory postnatal maternity leave. The Committee notes with interest the indication by the Government in its reply that the Labour Code, Act No. 2015‐532 of 20 July 2015, includes in its section 23.6 a compulsory postnatal maternity leave period. This period corresponds to 8 weeks after childbirth, out of the 14-week maternity period provided for under the above-mentioned section. The Committee takes due note of this information.