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The Committee takes note of the Government’s report.

1. The Committee notes with interest the information on section 104 of the Labour Code. The Committee asks the Government to confirm whether this is the text currently in force and reiterates its request for a copy of the final text of the Labour Code.

2. The Committee notes that the Government has not provided any information on the establishment of a national job classification system, which according to a previous report was to begin in 1997. The Committee hopes that the Government will supply information in this regard in its next report.

3. Noting its difficulties in providing statistical data, the Committee can only reiterate the hope that the Government, as well as workers’ and employers’ organizations, will strive to collect the information necessary to assess the extent, scope and nature of existing inequalities in remuneration between men and women. In this regard, the Committee notes that the second and third periodic report submitted by the Government under the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women points out the existence of discrimination in recruitment in both the private and public sector. Moreover, the Committee notes that concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Government’s report also underline that men and women receive differentiated levels of remuneration (paragraph 279). The Committee urges the Government to take all possible action to improve the status of women in the labour market, increase education and skill levels of women and widen occupational choices, all of which should lead to an improved application of the Convention.

4. Please also supply information on any activities of the social partners to promote the application of the Convention.