Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

1. The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. The Committee hopes that the Government will not fail to send a report for examination at the Committee's next session containing detailed information in reply to the observations made by the Lanka Jathika Estate Workers' Union (LJEWU) relating to the application of the Convention to plantation workers, and in particular with regard to granting alternative maternity benefits.

2. The Committee also requests the Government to forward copies of the following communications and texts referred to in its first 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 the ILO has not received.

The Committee trusts that the Government will ensure that it forwards the necessary information and documents so that the Committee is able to assess the manner in which effect is given to the provisions of the Convention.