Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

The Committee notes with interest the adoption, by Act No. 038/PR/96 of 11 December 1996, of a new Labour Code, sections 246 and 247 of which set out the principle of equal remuneration in accordance with the Convention. Under the terms of section 246 of the Labour Code, "all employers are bound to ensure, for the same work or for work of equal value, equal remuneration for employees, irrespective of their origin, nationality, sex and age, under the conditions provided for in the present Title" and a definition is provided of remuneration in terms which are identical to those of Article 1(a) of the Convention. Section 247 states that the various components of remuneration must be established according to identical standards for men and for women, that professional categories and classifications and the criteria for promotion must be common to workers of both sexes, and that methods for the evaluation of jobs must be based on objective and identical criteria, based essentially on the nature of the work involved in the jobs. This provision is in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention.

The Committee is addressing a request directly to the Government on other matters.