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

The Committee notes the Government's report.

1. The Committee notes that the Government of Luxembourg is drafting a Bill to obtain parliamentary approval of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of any developments in respect of the adoption of this Bill.

2. The Committee notes with interest the adoption of the Act of 7 July 1998 amending: (1) the amended Act of 18 May 1979 constituting a reform of staff committees; and (2) the amended Act of 6 May 1974 establishing joint committees in private enterprises and organizing the representation of employees of corporations, envisaging the appointment of a minister for equality responsible for ensuring equal treatment between male and female workers with regards to access to employment, to training and to professional advancement, remuneration and working conditions. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide any information in its next reports in respect of the practical application of this legislation.

3. The Committee notes the information contained in the report provided by the Government to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (United Nations document CEDAW/C/LUX/1 of 18 December 1996), that a study undertaken in March 1995 by CEPS/INSTEAD on income and living conditions found that the significant differences between the hourly rates of pay for men and those for women in the private sector had been greatly reduced since 1984. In 1984, the average hourly pay for a woman was the equivalent of 70.6 per cent of that for a man and by 1993 this had risen to 76.3 per cent. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide statistical information in respect of the evolution of average wage rates for women with regard to those for men.