Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

1. The Committee notes that, in response to its request, the Government has supplied the text of the Dahir of 28 rebia I 1355 (18 June 1936). The Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the fact that, in the text sent, section 1(1) provides that the minimum wage of workers and employees may not be lower than the rate set, according to the age and sex of the worker. However, according to information supplied by the Government in a previous report, the above provision was amended and the reference to the sex of the workers, eliminated. The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether this is the text currently in force and to send a copy of the current version of the Dahir with its next report.

2. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that its comments on the specific determination of benefits in kind payable to workers in agricultural and non-agricultural activities and the methods for calculating and granting them without discrimination based on sex will be taken into consideration in drafting the regulations to follow the adoption of the new Labour Code. Please forward copies of the regulations upon their completion.

3. The Committee notes that the Government supplies no copies of collective agreements with its report. The Committee therefore reiterates yet again its hope that the Government will supply with its next report copies of a few collective agreements setting wages for various enterprises or agricultural and non-agricultural activities (particularly for sectors employing a large number of women, such as manufacturing, services, garments and textiles), indicating the number of women covered by such agreements and the percentages of men and women employed at the various levels. The Committee would also appreciate information on the manner in which the principle of equal pay for work of equal value is applied in these enterprises to wages above the statutory minimum.