Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2006, publiée 96ème session CIT (2007)

1. Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Public sector. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that there were no regulations governing the remuneration of public sector workers. Please provide further information on how remuneration is determined for persons working in the public sector, including the civil service.

2. Minimum wages. The Committee notes that the Government’s report does not include the information requested in its previous comment. It therefore asks the Government once again to provide copies of the minimum wage orders currently in force for the various trades, industries and occupations, as well as information on the criteria used for fixing the applicable minimum wages.

3. Collective agreements. The copies of collective agreements mentioned in the report were not attached. The Committee therefore asks the Government to provide the examples of collective agreements with its next report, as well as indications on the specific measures taken by employers’ and workers’ organizations to achieve equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value through such agreements.

4. Article 3. Objective job evaluation. The Committee notes that the documentation concerning the methods for job evaluation applied in the public sector referred to in the Government’s report was not attached. It therefore asks the Government to provide this information in its next report, as well as information on any measures taken to promote the use of objective job evaluation methods in the private sector as a means of ensuring that jobs in which women predominate are not undervalued.

5. Article 4. Cooperation with workers’ and employers’ organizations. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that the Labour Advisory Board has not yet dealt with any matters pertaining to the principle of equal remuneration. It recalls that measures are required to apply the Convention not only in law, but also in practice. In this regard, the Committee stresses the importance of awareness-raising and training on the Convention’s principle and on the specific measures available to promote and ensure its application. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on any measures taken or envisaged to seek the cooperation of workers’ and employers’ organizations for the purpose of giving effect to the Convention, including through awareness-raising and training activities.

6. Enforcement. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that no judicial or administrative decisions involving questions of the principle relating to the application of the Convention have been issued. It asks the Government to provide information on the number, nature and outcome of any court cases brought under section 27 of the Employment Act, as well as information on the activities of the Department of Labour to ensure compliance with this provision, including the number and nature of infringements found in the context of inspections.

7. Statistics. The Committee reiterates its request to the Government to provide statistical information on earnings disaggregated by sex, as far as possible, as set out in the Committee’s 1998 general observation on the Convention.