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The Committee notes with regret 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. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes that the new Labour Code has not yet been adopted. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of the progress achieved and to forward a copy of the new Labour Code when it is adopted.

2. The Committee notes with interest the Public Service Regulations, No. 1 of 1988, which do not appear to treat male and female civil servants differently with respect to remuneration. The Committee notes, however, that section 2 of the Regulations defines "salary" as "the basic monthly salary to which a civil servant is entitled as consideration for the carrying out of his obligations; it does not include any type of allowance or indemnity". Referring to Article 1(a) of the Convention, according to which 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, the Committee requests the Government to include in its next report information on the way the equal remuneration principle is applied in practice to any allowances or indemnities payable to civil servants under the Regulations.

3. The Committee notes with interest that section 4 of the Regulations empowers the Council of Ministers to establish a job classification plan for the entire public service, and that section 5 of the Regulations requires each distinct service to establish an objective appraisal of each of its posts, describing the obligations and responsibilities of such posts, and the qualifications and experiences needed to occupy them. It requests the Government to indicate in its next report the methods and criteria used in the establishment of job classification plans by the Council of Ministers and of objective appraisals of posts by distinct services.

4. The Committee notes that the Government is currently studying the question of fixing minimum wages in a particular region, and that a minimum wage system is beginning to be applied to drivers in the port of Akaba. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on the fixing of minimum wages and to furnish with its next report copies of any recently concluded collective agreements that fix minimum wages.

5. The Committee notes with interest the results of an inspection of the Jordan Spinning and Weaving Company, namely that starting salaries in that company are equal for men and women workers, and that annual wage increases based on the starting salary are applied equally to men and women workers. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on any measures taken to promote the application of the equal remuneration principle to all workers in the private sector, and on investigatory or remedial action by the labour authorities concerning the principle of equal remuneration to men and women workers for work of equal value, as well as information on decisions by courts and tribunals on the application of the equal remuneration principle.

6. The Committee requests the Government to include with its next report any available information on the wages of men and of women generally and in different occupations, with special attention to occupations in which there is a high proportion of women workers.