Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

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:

The Committee notes with interest the information supplied by the Government in its report including copies of the "Tokelau Public Service Manual", "Tokelau Public Service, Classification List of Staff - 1 April 1988", and the report entitled "Inspection of the Tokelau Public Service: January/February 1988".

The Committee notes with interest from the information provided that posts within the public service are generally filled with persons of both sexes, both across the various job classifications and among the various salary steps and grades. Referring to paragraph 97 of its 1988 General Survey on Equality in Employment and Occupation which discusses the problems posed under the Convention by sex-based stereotyping of jobs, the Committee also notes some tendency for persons of a particular sex to hold positions traditionally held by persons of that sex, as demonstrated by an all-male communication directorate, public works directorate and police force, and female-dominated teaching and nursing staff. Having due consideration for the unique aspects of Tokelau, the Committee asks that the Government provide with its next report information concerning measures taken or envisaged to ensure the existence of equality of opportunities in employment and occupation, particularly in the filling of vacant posts within the public service, as they become available, with members of both sexes. The Committee asks also that information be provided on the practical application of Section K: Educational and Technical Qualifications and Training of the Tokelau Public Service Manual, particularly indicating the sex and position of persons in the public service who have benefited from training under the section.