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

Legislative developments. The Committee noted in its previous comments that the draft Civil Aviation Act provides in section 16 that a woman and a man performing, in a workplace, the same type of work with the same output shall not receive a different salary for reasons of their sex. The Committee recalls that: (1) the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, as set out in the Convention, requires that men and women receive equal remuneration not only for the same type of work, but also for entirely different work that is nevertheless of equal value; and (2) the Convention’s principle also applies beyond the level of the workplace. In its report, the Government merely states that the draft Act is pending before Parliament, without indicating whether section 16 has been brought into conformity with the Convention. The Committee urges the Government to ensure that the equal pay provisions of the draft Civil Aviation Act are brought into conformity with the Convention, and to indicate the measures taken to this end.

Scope of application of the Labour Act. The Committee previously noted that, according to the Government, workers excluded from the scope of the Labour Act pursuant to its section 4 were covered by the Code of Obligations and the regulation concerning working conditions for agricultural workers and forestry workers. In the absence of a reply from the Government to its previous comments on this matter, the Committee once again asks the Government to explain how the Code of Obligations and the regulation concerning working conditions for agricultural workers and forestry workers ensure the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value.

Civil service. The Committee recalls that section 203 of the Civil Service Act provides that family allowances are paid to the father if both parents are civil servants. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the progress made to bring this provision into conformity with the Convention.

Statistical information. The Committee welcomes the detailed statistical information by the Government and asks it to provide similar information in its future reports.