Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 2000, with the preamble stating: "Noting the need to revise the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952, and the Maternity Protection Recommendation, 1952, in order to further promote equality of all women in the workforce and the health and safety of the mother and child, and in order to recognize the diversity in economic and social development of Members, as well as the diversity of enterprises, and the development of the protection of maternity in national law and practice, and
"Noting the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979), the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers (1975), the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up (1998), as well as the international labour Conventions and Recommendations aimed at ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women workers, in particular the Convention concerning Workers with Family Responsibilities, 1981, and
"Taking into account the circumstances of women workers and the need to provide protection for pregnancy, which are the shared responsibility of government and society, and
"Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952, and Recommendation, 1952, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and
"Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention;
"adopts this fifteenth day of June of the year two thousand the following Convention, which may be cited as the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000." , ILO website, text of convention.
History
This Convention revised a 1952 ILO convention (C103), which in turn was a revision of the original 1919 ILO convention (C3). The revision was aimed at gaining more ratification by easing the requirements of the 1952 convention.
Content
The convention addresses the following subjects: Health protection Maternity leave (more than 14 week) Leave in case of illness or complications Benefits Employment protection and non-discrimination Breastfeeding mothers
Ratifications
As of the April 2023, the following 43 states have ratified this Convention: , ILO website, list of ratifying countries. Country DateDeclared period of maternity leave at ratification NotesAlbania 24 July 2004 365 calendar daysAntigua and Barbuda6 May 2022125 calendar daysAustria 30 April 200416 weeksAzerbaijan 29 October 2010126 calendar days (longer in certain cases)Belarus10 February 2004 126 daysBelize 10 January 201214 weeksBenin 30 April 200414 weeksBosnia and Herzegovina 18 January 2010one year; 18 months for subsequent births or twinsBulgaria 6 December 2001 135 daysBurkina Faso 4 March 201314 weeksCuba 1 June 2004 18 weeksCzech Republic3 July 201728 weeksCyprus 12 January 2005 16 weeksDjibouti20 September 202026 weeksDominican Republic 9 February 201614 weeksEl Salvador7 June 202216 weeksGermany30 September 202116 weeksHungary 4 November 2003 24 weeksItaly 7 February 2001 five monthsKazakhstan 13 June 201318 weeks (20 weeks for multiple births)Latvia 9 February 2009 16 weeksLithuania 23 September 2003 126 calendar daysLuxembourg 8 April 2008 16 weeksMali 5 June 2008 14 weeksMauritius13 Jun 201914 weeksMoldova 28 August 2006 126 calendar daysMontenegro 19 April 2012365 daysMorocco 13 April 201114 weeksNetherlands 15 January 2009 16 weeks applies to the European territory of the Kingdom onlyNiger10 June 201914 weeksNorth Macedonia 3 October 2012 nine months; 12 months for multiple birthsNorway 9 November 201512 weeks pre-birth; six weeks post-birthPanama22 March 202214 weeksPeru 9 May 201614 weeks, divided evenly between pre-birth and post-birthPortugal 8 November 2012120 or 150 consecutive daysRomania 23 October 2002 126 calendar daysSan Marino19 June 2019150 daysSão Tomé and Príncipe12 June 201714 weekSenegal18 April 2017Serbia 31 August 201016 weeksSlovakia 12 December 200028 weeksSlovenia 1 March 2010 105 daysSwitzerland 4 June 2014 14 weeks
References
External links Text. Ratifications and leave length declarations.