Labor Law FBiH / Pregnancy and work: What the new legislative changes?

Commission for Gender Equality of the House of Representatives of the FBiH Parliament with the support of SOC gathered today representatives of government and civil society.Was held thematic sessions dedicated to improving the protection of rights in the context of achieving employment status, which are related to motherhood and fatherhood, with the goal of full gender equality.

President of the Commission for Gender Equality ZDPFBiH Jasna Durakovic-Hadžiomerović told reporters before the meeting that the current Labor Law FBiH in many ways much better than the previous one, but that there is room for certain amendments."It's a small variation that is not sufficiently addressed. My father and mother have equal rights to parental leave, this in society should be something normal and acceptable, "she said.

Adriana Hanušić- Becirovic has prepared a set of draft amendments to the Labour Law FBiH, answers are to the social reality in BiH, and the intention is to achieve a more favorable environment to start a family."Some of the measures are protective character (of inappropriate questions about family status, plans for marriage and pregnancy in a job interview), and some incentive in the sense that more fathers use parental leave in order to be gradually changed perceptions roles of men and women in the exercise family life and participation in social life, "she said.

A representative of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Ernis Imamovic said that after they are submitted, proposals will be reviewed and processed in accordance with parliamentary procedure.
"Labor Law FBiH, which is currently in operation, suffered a serious reform, and is adjusted, inter alia, the field of women, motherhood and parenthood, or do these proposals can be considered and higher quality solutions in this area," he said.

Svetlana Markovic from the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly specifies that the EU requires from BiH to guarantee that minimum maternity leave (to be followed) and maternity benefits that will have to be harmonized at the national level.
"In some areas we have more than the EU currently has. Especially in the part relating to maternity leave of one year. However, all this is not respected. The problem in the FBiH and the amount of maternity benefits, which is uneven, "said Markovic.

• 13 Mar, 2017
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