Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

The Committee notes that the report of the Government does not contain the information requested in its previous comments. The Committee hopes that the next report of the Government will provide full information on the matters raised in the previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes the Government's report which indicates in particular that the proposed interoccupational collective agreement is still under study. It requests the Government to transmit the text of the agreement as soon as it is published, as it was again stated in the report.

2. With regard to supervision of the practical application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women by the national inspection services, the Committee notes that there are no records of violations of provisions relating to the Convention. In addition, the Committee takes note of the Mali wage scale and of the information on adjustments of the wage scale. It requests the Government to continue to keep it informed of any changes in wages and to provide full particulars of the activities of the inspection services in this area (number of inspection visits, violations recorded, etc.).

3. With regard to the principle laid down in Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention whereby equal remuneration for men and women workers is based on work of equal value, the Committee notes the Government's statement that equal wages are paid for equal work (section 85 of the Labour Code, under which equal pay is based on "equal conditions of work, qualifications and output"). The Committee draws the Government's attention to the terms of the Convention which bases the comparison of wages on the value of the work, and to Article 3 of the Convention which proposes a system of objective appraisal of jobs on the basis of the work to be performed (see paragraphs 19 to 23 of the Committee's 1986 General Survey on Equal Remuneration).

The Committee asks the Government to re-examine the situation in the light of the above comments, in order to take account of the value of the work in observing the principle of equal remuneration, and to keep it informed of any developments in this respect.