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European Social Charter the Government of “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” Cycle 2019 14/12/2018 RAP/RCha/MKD/6(2019) EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER 6th National Report on the implementation of the European Social Charter submitted by THE GOVERNMENT OF “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA” Articles7, 8, 16, 17, 19 and 27 for the period 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017 Report registered by the Secretariat on 14 December 2018 CYCLE 2019 REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL POLICY S I X T H R E P O R T O N T H E I M P L E M E N T A T I O N O F T H E R E V I S E D E U R O P E A N S O C I A L C H A R T E R Submitted by THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (for the Articles 7, 8, 16, 17, 19 and 27 ) Skopje, October 2018 C O N T E N T S PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................... 3 ARTICLE 7 - The right of children and young persons to protection ................................ 4 Article 7§1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Article 7§2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Article 7§3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Article 7§4 ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Article 7§6 .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Article 7§7 ............................................................................................................................................. 16 Article 7§8 .................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Article 7§9 .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Article 7§10 .......................................................................................................................................... 20 ARTICLE 8 - The right of employed women to protection of maternity ....................... 30 Article 8§1 .................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Article 8§2 ................................................................................................................................................................. 34 Article 8§3 .................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Article 8§4 ................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Article 8§5 ................................................................................................................................................................. 40 ARTICLE 16 – The right of the family to social, legal and economic protection ......... 42 ARTICLE 17 – The right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection ............................................................................................................. 55 Article 17§1 ................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Article 17§2 ................................................................................................................................................................ 71 ARTICLE 19 – The right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance ............................................................................................................. 87 Article 19§1 ................................................................................................................................................................. 87 Article 19§5 ................................................................................................................................................................ 97 Article 19§6 ............................................................................................................................................................... 99 Article 19§8 .............................................................................................................................................................. 101 ARTICLE 27 – The right of workers with family responsibilities to equal opportunities and equal treatment ............................................................. 104 Article 27§3 ............................................................................................................................................................. 104 2 PREFACE On 06.01.2012, the Republic of Macedonia ratified the Revised European Social Charter. Therefore, pursuant to Article C and Article 21 - Part IV of the Charter, the Republic of Macedonia hereby submits its Sixth Report on the Implementation of the ratified provisions of the Revised European Social Charter (1996). The report was prepared in conformity with the new reporting system, adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which has been applied since October 31, 2007. This Report covers the implementation of the obligations accepted by the Republic of Macedonia related to the articles belonging to the thematic group Children, families and migrants, i.e.: - Article 7 (paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10); - Article 8 (paragraphs 1 to 5); - Article 16; - Article 17 (paragraphs 1 to 2); - Article 19 (paragraphs 1, 5, 6 and 8); - Article 27 (paragraph 3). The reference reporting period of this report is 1.1.2014 - 31.12.2017. In accordance with the Article 23 of the Part IV of the Revised European Social Charter, copies of the prepared Report have been delivered to the relevant national organizations of employers and trade unions such as: - Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia; - Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Macedonia - Organization of Employers of Macedonia. Moreover, the draft text of the Report on the implementation of the revised European Social Charter, before its submission to the Government of Republic of Macedonia, was reviewed, discussed and unanimously adopted at the meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ESC) held on November 19, 2018. This Report was reviewed and adopted by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, at its 107 th Session, held on December 11, 2018. 3 ARTICLE 7 - The right of children and young persons to protection Article 7§1 With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of children and young persons to protection, the Parties undertake to provide that the minimum age of admission to employment shall be 15 years, subject to exceptions for children employed in prescribed light work without harm to their health, morals or education. Although the amendments that we want to emphasize in this Report are adopted outside the reference period of the Report, yet we consider that by their nature and content, they are particularly significant and that the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) should take them into account for this last assessment of the situation in the Republic of Macedonia in relation to this particular provision of the Charter (i.e. Article 7 - paragraph 1). This is also important because the current finding of the European Committee of Social Rights is that the situation in the Republic of Macedonia is not in conformity with Article 7/paragraph 1 of the Charter 1 on the grounds that the daily and weekly “working hours” for children under the age of 15 are excessive and therefore can not be qualified as “light work“. We hereby inform you that, taking into consideration the comments and the finding of non-conformity published by Committee (ECSR), the Law on Labour Relations was amended in 2018, published in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 120/2018, in order to intervene precisely in the part of the provisions that regulate the “ability to conclude an employment contract with a young person under the age of 18” and the duration of the working hours and holidays of children under the age of 18. These amendments change paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Law, which now reads as follows: “(2) This Law shall forbid the work of a child under the age of 15 or a child who has not completed compulsory education, except for participation in activities allowed by law, but not longer than two hours a day, and not longer than 12 hours a week, and during the school holidays not longer than six hours a day, i.e. not longer than 30 hours a week, and during this period the child is entitled to a two-week holiday. ” We believe that with these latest changes in the legislation (amendments), the remarks and findings of the Committee have been are adequately addressed, and with these, the situation in the Republic of Macedonia has been improved and is in the spirit
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