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

The Committee refers to section 84 of the Labour Code which provides that equally competent workers carrying out the same type of work under the same conditions must be equally remunerated, without any consideration as to their origin, sex or age. In its previous observation the Committee noted that section 84 emphasizes comparing “the same type” of work, while the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, as contained in the Convention, is wider, requiring also the comparison of work which is of a different type, but still of equal value. The Committee draws the Government’s attention to the fact that this broader comparison is of particular importance in addressing sex-based discrimination in respect of remuneration in situations where men and women traditionally perform different types of jobs. The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether consideration is being given to amending the Labour Code in order to ensure that employers have an obligation to pay equal remuneration to men and women performing different types of jobs which are nevertheless of equal value, as determined on the basis of objective criteria.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.