Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

1. Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Recalling its previous comments concerning the need to ensure the application of the Convention to all workers, including those in atypical employment relationships, the Committee notes that the new Labour Act (No. 4857) of 22 May 2003 covers part-time, fixed-term, and stand-by work. However, the Committee also notes that section 4 of the Act excludes certain activities and types of employment relationships from its scope, including agricultural enterprises of up to 50 employees, homework, domestic services and apprentices (section 4, paragraphs (b), (d), (e), and (f)). The Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures taken, in law and in practice, to apply the Convention in respect to the categories of employment excluded from the scope of the Labour Act.

2. Equal remuneration in the public sector. The Committee recalls its previous comments concerning the need to ensure equal treatment of men and women in respect of the payment of allowances and benefits in the civil service. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that efforts to amend the Civil Service Act, in the light of the recent changes made in the Civil Code regarding gender equality, are still ongoing. The Government is asked to provide information on the progress made in amending the Civil Service Act to ensure equal remuneration, including allowances and benefits, for men and women for work of equal value, and to provide a copy of any amendments adopted.

3. Article 3. Objective job evolution. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the measures taken to promote the development and use of methods for the objective evaluation of work as a tool to promote the application of the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, as established under section 5(4) of the new Labour Act and the Convention.

4. Part V of the report form. Earnings differentials between men and women. The Committee notes that the Government did not provide any statistical information on the earnings of men and women. It recalls that the collection and analysis of statistical data on earnings, disaggregated by sex, is an important tool in progressing the application of the Convention. The Government is asked to indicate the measures taken to collect and analyse statistical data on remuneration, disaggregated by sex, and to supply such data as soon as it becomes available.