Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report and the documentation annexed thereto.

1. The Committee notes the texts of several collective agreements annexed to the Government's report. It notes that section 19 of the joint Council Collective Agreement between the Zambia Bankers (Employers) Association and the Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers for the period 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1990 provides that a marriage allowance shall be paid to married male employees in group 1. The Committee requests the Government to supply information in its next report on the measures taken or contemplated to apply the principle of equal remuneration in this respect to men and women workers under the above-mentioned collective agreement.

2. The Committee notes that section 15 of the Minimum Wages and Conditions of Employment (Shop Workers) Order, 1989 provides that retirement benefits shall be granted to women as from the age of 50 years and to men from the age of 55 years. Please indicate what measures may be contemplated to bring these provisions into conformity with the principle of the Convention.

3. The Committee notes from the Government's report that in government service there is a permanent job evaluation office known as the Organisation and Methods Office; that other sectors are served by the Management Services Board and the Copper Industry Services Bureau; and that job evaluation is an ongoing exercise in both the public and the private sectors. It requests the Government to include in its next report detailed information on the activities of the Organisation and Methods Office, the Management Services Board, and the Copper Industry Services Bureau, and to provide examples of job classification schemes for sectors employing a large number of women.

4. The Committee notes that no cases of discrimination in remuneration on the basis of sex were detected by the inspectorate during the period under review. It requests the Government to continue to supply information on action taken by labour inspectors to ensure the application of the Convention, and to include a copy of the Department of Labour Annual Reports. The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would communicate in its next report any available statistics of wages of men and women, respectively, in different jobs and at different grades, along with an indication of jobs in which women form a high proportion of the workforce.