Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes with interest that, in reply to its request for information on how the principle of the Convention is applied to persons excluded from the Labour Code (section 1: persons involved in pastoral and agricultural activities), the Government states that the national tripartite technical committee has recommended the amendment of section 1(c) so as to include these workers. The Committee asks the Government to inform it, in its next report, of progress on the amendment of the Labour Code so that the principle of equal remuneration covers workers in all sectors.

2. The Committee notes that the Government's report contains no reply to the remainder of its previous comments. It must therefore repeat its previous direct request which read as follows:

1. With reference to the practical application of the public sector unified wage system, introduced by Act No. 15 of 1981, the Committee notes the Government's statement that it was introduced following the objective evaluation of jobs and using scientific criteria and after much study and research. Noting that the Government has still not provided a copy of the regulations issued under the Act and provides merely general statistics on the workforce participation of women (17 per cent in 1990), the Committee again asks the Government to provide information on how the public sector wage system ensures the application of the principle set out in Article 2 of the Convention.

2. Regarding the application of the principle of the Convention to foreign male and female workers who are not covered by Act No. 15 of 1981, the Committee notes that, according to the Government, the regulations covering them are in the process of being revised so as to adapt to changes in the standard of living and scientific developments. Noting that the Government undertakes to send a copy of the revised regulations once adopted, the Committee looks forward to receiving these texts with its next report.