Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1999, publiée 88ème session CIT (2000)

The Committee notes the Government's report. It also notes the Government's statement that it intends to comply with its obligations under article 22 of the ILO Constitution and its explanations as to why certain information has not been transmitted. The Committee understands that the Government does not have available all the necessary information for a detailed assessment of the application of the Convention in practice, in view of the situation in the country. Nevertheless, it observes that the information that it has been requesting from the Government for several years consists of information which is relatively simple to compile and should not, in its opinion, give rise to additional financial cost. This information consists, for example, of keeping the Committee informed as to the work of a commission, of the procedures applied by the Directorate of Labour on a specific point relating to the Convention and transmitting copies of collective agreements. The Committee is therefore bound to note that the Government's report does not deal with any of these points and that it is confined to providing general information, most of which has already been transmitted. The Committee is therefore bound to repeat its previous request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee once again requests the Government to supply in its next report detailed information on the work of the National Tripartite Committee, which has the task of undertaking an objective appraisal of jobs with a view to fixing wages, and on the methods used for the appraisal in order to ensure in practice the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. The Committee recalls that the ILO is ready to consider any requests for technical assistance in this field which the Government may consider it necessary to seek.

2. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which the principle of equal remuneration is applied in the case of wages higher than the minimum legal or agreed rate and to supply copies of some of the collective agreements applicable in sectors of activity in which a large number of women are employed.