Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes the Government's statement that there is no difference between men and women workers in relation to wages, either in the minimum wage (SMIC) established by the territorial regulations or in the minimum wages determined in collective agreements. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report the measures which have been taken to guarantee that, in the determination of wages which are higher than the compulsory minimum wage, account is duly taken of the principle of equal remuneration between men and women workers for work of equal value. It also requests the Government to supply copies of the most recent collective agreements which establish wages above the level of minimum wages, with an indication, where possible, of the percentage of women covered by these collective agreements and the distribution of men and women workers at the various wage levels.

2. The Committee notes the Government's statement that the laws and regulations relating to equality of remuneration and occupational equality between men and women workers, and in particular Deliberation No. 91-004 of 17 January 1991, appear to be appropriately applied. It adds, however, that in practice it is noted that positions of responsibility and high-level managerial positions are rarely occupied by women. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply recent statistics indicating the distribution of men and women at the various levels and in positions of responsibility in the public administration and in public and private enterprises in which a large number of women are employed, as well as information on the measures which have been taken or are envisaged to encourage employers to offer women workers the same possibilities as men in terms of recruitment, promotion and appointment to positions of responsibility.

3. The Committee notes with interest that, by virtue of section 5 of the above Deliberation of 17 January 1991, an order was adopted on 14 May 1993 to establish the list of jobs and occupational activities for which being of one sex or the other is a decisive requirement. It requests the Government to supply a copy of the order, which was mentioned as being appended to the report, but which has not been received.