Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2020, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Libya (Ratification: 1962)

Other comments on C100

Observation

Direct Request

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The Committee notes the complexity of the situation prevailing on the ground and the armed conflict in the country.

Article 2. Application in practice of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. The Committee recalls that it previously requested the Government to provide statistical information on the number of men and women employed in the public and private sectors at the various wage levels and grades, as well as any other information demonstrating how the principle of the Convention is applied in practice. The Committee takes due note of the Government’s indication in its report that it has been unable to compile the statistics requested due to the political division in the country, which has created a parallel economy. The Committee requests the Government to provide statistical information, when available, on the number of men and women employed in the public and private sectors at the various wage levels and grades in order to be able to assess the manner in which the principle of the Convention is applied in practice.

Application of the principle of equal remuneration to part-time work. The Committee recalls its previous comments in which it noted that the part-time work system regulated by the Decision of the People’s Congress No. 164 of 1985 applies only to women and that, in situations where part-time workers are mostly or exclusively women, a generally lower level of remuneration for part-timers may have an adverse impact on the overall wage gap between men and women. In the absence of any further information on this point, the Committee once again requests the Government to indicate whether Decision No. 164 of 1985 is still in force and, if so, to indicate the measures taken to ensure that part-time employment is not under-remunerated in relation to full-time employment. The Government is also requested to provide updated statistical information, once available, on the levels of remuneration of women working part time in the various economic sectors in comparison with full-time men and women employees in the same sectors.

Application of the principle to foreign workers. The Committee notes that the Government’s report does not contain any information in reply to its previous requests concerning the application of the principle to non-nationals in law and practice. The Committee therefore reiterates its previous requests to the Government to provide statistics disaggregated by sex on the grades and wages of non-nationals or, in the absence of such statistics, information on the measures taken to collect sex-disaggregated statistics on the wages paid to foreign workers in the various occupational categories.