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The Committee notes the Government's indication in its last report that it would request technical and financial assistance from the Inter-American Centre for Labour Administration (CIAT) with the object of bringing up to date the National Dictionary of Occupations which, according to the previous report, had fallen into disuse because it had not been adapted to the major changes which have occurred over recent years in the structure of the economy, the workforce and the system of technical and vocational training. The Government confirms its desire to receive the necessary technical cooperation in order to determine and apply methods for the evaluation of jobs and occupations with a view to furthering the implementation of the Convention.

The Committee hopes that the ILO will be able to assist the Government to give better effect to the Convention, not only as regards the evaluation of jobs, but also in bringing the national legislation fully into accordance with the Convention, in view of the fact that section 186 of the Labour Code provides that equal remuneration shall be paid for equal work performed under identical conditions as regards skills and seniority, and that by virtue of section 265 of the Labour Code, this provision does not apply to farms employing fewer than ten workers. The Committee hopes that the Government will indicate in its next report the measures that have been taken or are envisaged, possibly with the assistance of the ILO, to amend the above provisions of the Labour Code by requiring that equal remuneration be paid for work of equal value and to give better effect to the Convention in practice.