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The Committee notes that 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 matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes with interest from the Employment Survey 1998, published by the Government of Gibraltar, that average monthly earnings for men in full-time work increased by £24.73 between April 1997 and April 1998, while women’s average monthly earnings for full-time work increased by £44 for the same period. The monthly average earnings for full-time women workers were £1,216.80 in April 1998, while full-time male workers earned a monthly average wage of £1,599.48, with men thus earning on average £382.68 more than women per month. Out of a total of 1,509 part-time workers, 76.21 per cent were women workers. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide the data available, in surveys, reports or other documents, on the participation of male and female workers by category and sector of employment, and in the labour market as a whole, as well as data on the hours worked by male and female workers. The Committee also asks the Government to report on the measures taken or envisaged to continue to promote the application of the Convention, including measures to promote and facilitate access by women workers to positions offering higher levels of remuneration, where they continue to remain underrepresented.

2. The Committee reiterates its request to the Government to transmit any information relating to the establishment of systems for comparative job evaluation.