Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2009, publiée 99ème session CIT (2010)

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Equal remuneration for work of equal value. The Committee recalls its previous comments concerning section 6(2) of the Labour Code (Act No. 53/2003) which provided for equal pay for equal work rather than for equal remuneration for work of equal value, as required by the Convention. In this regard, the Committee notes with satisfaction that Emergency Ordinance No. 55/2006 amended the Labour Code to provide in section 6(3) that “any discrimination based on sex shall, as regards all elements and conditions of compensation, be prohibited for equal work or work of equal value”. The Committee notes that the Emergency Ordinance was approved by Act No. 94/2007 of 16 April 2007. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the enforcement of section 6(3) of the Labour Code, including relevant decisions of the labour inspectorate or the courts.

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