Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

With reference to its previous comments on the determination of wages, the Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption of Act No. 98-004 of 27 January 1998, which promulgated the Labour Code of the Republic of Benin. Section 208 of the Code is worded in accordance with the terms of the Convention: "For work of equal value, the wage shall be equal for all workers irrespective of their origin, sex, age, status and religion, under the conditions set out in the present Code."

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.