Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

1. The Committee notes the Government's reply to its previous comments. It notes with interest that a national tripartite committee composed of representatives of employers, workers and the State will be given the task of undertaking an objective appraisal of jobs with a view to fixing wages and that, for this purpose, the Ministry of Social Affairs maintains regular contacts with employers' and workers' organisations.

The Committee requests the Government to communicate in its next report detailed information on the work of this committee and on the methods used for the appraisal of jobs on the basis of the work to be performed, so as to ensure that effect is given in practice to the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value, in accordance with the Convention and with section 317 of the Labour Code of 1984. The Committee requests the Government to refer, in relation to methods of job evaluation, to paragraphs 138 to 150 of its 1986 General Survey on Equal Remuneration. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate how the principle of equal remuneration, as set forth in the Convention, is applied in the cases of wages that are higher than the legal minimum rate, and to supply copies of some of the collective agreements applicable to sectors which employ large numbers of women.

2. The Committee also requests the Government to communicate information on the methods and criteria used for the classification of public employees into the various categories set out in sections 24 to 29 of the Act of 19 September 1982, and on how the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value is applied to these categories.