87.15IC Reproductive Health Protection in Employment
Recognizing that there is a need to encourage the occupational safety and reproductive health of both men and women workers in public and private sectors of society;
Believing that there is evidence that some employers are using occupational safety legislation to exclude women in child-bearing capacity from certain jobs;
Concerned that practices or plans to protect employees from reproductive hazards must not exclude on the basis of sex;
Realizing that progress toward equal employment for women is thus being jeopardized as well as reproductive health of all workers;
Convinced that there is a need for the workplace to be designed to protect the fertility and reproductive health of both men and women workers and for strong legislation, research and co-operation amongst interested parties to ensure a safe work environment;
Recommends that the International Council of Women urge the National Councils:
- To work in their respective countries to ensure that both men and women are protected in their place of employment from hazards to their reproductive health;
- To participate in programs of information on the subject of reproductive health of both men and women.