Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

With reference to its previous observation, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report.

With regard to the public sector, the Committee notes that, according to the report, there is no discrimination in relation to wages between men and women workers in the public service, local communities and public establishments. It also notes, from the statistics supplied by the Government, that the percentage of women in middle- and high-level managerial posts in the public administration is very low in relation to the number of men (85 women branch chiefs compared with 1,754 men, four women directors compared with 144 men, and no women directors-general compared with 26 men). It also notes the monthly wage rates for managerial staff which came into force in the public sector in January 1991. Further it notes the lack of information on wage scales for non-managerial categories of officials or on the distribution of men and women employed at the various levels, as a result of which the Committee is not in a position to assess the extent, if any, to which the application of the Convention has reduced wage disparities based on sex.

The Committee would therefore be grateful if the Government would supply detailed information in its next report on the measures which have been taken and the results achieved in increasing the representation of women in managerial jobs and posts of responsibility and in eliminating all wage disparities based on sex in the public sector. It draws the Government's attention to the importance of introducing job classification systems which are based on objective criteria in order to identify and eliminate wage discrimination based on sex. It requests the Government to indicate the methods which are used to undertake an objective appraisal of jobs on the basis of the work to be performed, in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention.

With regard to the private sector, the Committee notes from the report that the survey of wages and working hours is still being carried out and that its results will be forwarded with future reports. The Committee once again hopes that the Government will supply the results of the above survey, together with recent statistics on minimum wages and average earnings for men and women, if possible by occupation, branch of the economy, seniority and skills level, with an indication of the corresponding percentage of women at the various levels.