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"ILO: Convention No 111 (1958) Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (entry into formce 1960)" [2005] ELECD 254; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 31

Section Title: ILO: Convention No 111 (1958) Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (entry into formce 1960)

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

31. ILO: Convention No 111 (1958) Concerning
Discrimination in Respect of Employment
and Occupation (entry into force 1960)

Commentary: See further, Recommendation No 111 (1958) concerning
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation). See also, ILO Convention No 122
(1964, entry into force 1966) & Recommendation No 122 (1964) concerning
Employment Policy; ILO Convention No 3 (1919) concerning Maternity Protection
as revised by Convention No 103 (1952), No 183 (2000, entry into force 2002)
and Recommendation No 191 (2000); ILO Convention No 156 (1981, entry into
force 1983) & Recommendation No 165 (1981) concerning Equal Opportunities
and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers (Workers with Family
Responsibilities).




Article 1
1. For the purpose of this Convention the term discrimination includes:

(a) any distinction, exclusion or preference made on the basis of race, colour, sex, reli-
gion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin, which has the effect of
nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment or
occupation;
(b) such other distinction, exclusion or preference which has the effect of nullifying or
impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation as
may be determined by the Member concerned after consultation with representa-
tive employers' and workers' organisations, where such exist, and with other
appropriate bodies.

2. Any distinction, exclusion or preference in respect of a particular job based on the inher-
ent requirements thereof shall not be deemed to be discrimination.
3. For the purpose of this Convention the terms employment and occupation include access
to vocational training, access to ...