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The Committee notes with interest the detailed information supplied by the Government in its reports (which were received in 1986 and 1988) in reply to its previous comments, and requests the Government to refer also to the observation that it has made concerning the Convention.

The Committee also notes the Government's statement that, in accordance with the national wages policy, the term "remuneration" includes only the cash wages payable to workers according to the quality, complexity and quantity of work performed, while the other financial benefits that the persons concerned receive, do not form part of their remuneration as defined by the legislation.

The Committee recalls that, in accordance with Article 1(a) of the Convention, the term "remuneration" includes the ordinary, basic or minimum wage or salary and any additional emoluments whatsoever payable directly or indirectly, whether in cash or in kind, by the employer to the worker and arising out of the worker's employment. It therefore requests the Government to indicate how the application to all workers without distinction on grounds of sex, of the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, as set out in the Convention, is ensured in this case.