Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

The Committee notes with regret that, for the eighth consecutive time, 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 following matters raised in previous direct requests.

1. Referring to its previous comment where the Committee noted that some collective agreements in agriculture include lower wage rates for women, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or contemplated to ensure that wage rates (in collective agreements) are not differentiated on the basis of sex.

2. The Committee hopes that the Government will take the opportunity afforded by its review of laws to ensure legislative conformity with the provisions of the Convention. In this regard, the Committee draws the attention of the Government to the comments made in its 1990 general observation, where emphasis was also placed on the importance of embodying the principle of equal pay for work of equal value in national legislation. The Committee requests the Government to provide in its next report details on any progress realized to achieve legislative compliance with the Convention.

3. The Committee also requests the Government to provide the information requested over the years in the Committee's previous requests concerning the objective appraisal of jobs (Article 3) and the measures taken in cooperation with employer's and workers' organizations to give effect to the provisions of the Convention (Article 4).