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The Committee notes the information communicated by the Government during the 1989 Session of the International Labour Conference.

1. In its previous request the Committee asked the Government to provide copies of collective agreements in manufacturing industries, financial institutions, in the commercial sector as well as in other areas employing a large number of women, and to include all the appendices to these agreements setting out job classifications with related rates of pay. The Committee notes the Government's statement that the collective agreements make no distinction as to sex. It again requests the Government to communicate copies of the collective agreements with its next report.

2. In its previous request, the Committee noted that the Government's report contained no information in reply to its previous comments concerning the methods used for job classification. The Committee had referred to section 68 of the Labour Regulations of 1969 (L.I.632) according to which "work for which a female employee is employed and work for which a male employee is employed shall be deemed to be identical or substantially identical if the job, duties or services the employees are called upon to perform are identical or substantially identical". The Committee notes, from the information received, that job evaluation takes place by agreement between employers and unions. It again requests the Government to provide information on the practical application of paragraph 68 of the Regulations, and in particular on the methods chosen and the criteria observed for classification of jobs in both the private and public sectors, with a view to implementing the principle of equal pay for work of equal value.