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

The Committee notes 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 with interest the enactment of Act No. 95 of 19 September 2000, which amends section 4 of Act No. 59 of 8 July 1974 by introducing the principle of non-discrimination between the sexes. It also notes the information in the Government’s report that the principle of the Convention has always been respected by sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 40 of 1981. Noting that section 2 of the abovementioned Act still establishes equal rights and treatment applicable to remuneration but does not require equal remuneration for work of equal value, the Committee would appreciate continuing to receive information on how the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value is applied in practice in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Convention.

2. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information relevant to the Convention in relation to the work of the "Commission for the study of problems concerning the integration of laws for the legal equality of women".

3. Please provide in the next report statistical information disaggregated by sex on remuneration levels of men and women in various sectors and occupational categories.