Summary / Citation: Jobs and workplaces where women are prohibited from being engaged in works entailing intensive labour, located in hazardous workplaces or underground, in tunnels or in mines.
The employment of women is permitted in underground works involving leadership positions where continuous physical work is not needed, socials works, sanitation and medical services, or works involving underground permanence without any physical work.
The employment of women to lift or carry heavy items from one place to another beyond the limits specified in below:
- lifting by hand and carrying to another place objects whose total weight is no more than 10 kilograms during the entire workday (work shift);
- carrying objects by vehicles whose lifting would involve more than 15 kilograms.
Engaging women who are pregnant or have children of less than three years of age in works specified in this article is prohibited.
The list of hazardous and labor intensive jobs, positions, professions and underground jobs where employment of women is prohibited are prepared by the related governor's office.
The employment of pregnant women or women who have children under three years of age in night shift, overtime, weekend, holiday considered as non-business day or sending them to business travel is prohibited.
In order to engage women who have children between the age of 3 and 14 years or a child with restricted health condition to work overtime, on weekends, holidays or to send them to a business travel their written consent is needed.
• Labour Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan of 1 February 1999. (Arts. 241, 242)
Related CEACR Comments
• Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) Direct Request 2010
