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

1. The Committee notes from the information provided by the Government that the amendment to section 1 of the Labour Code (Act No. 58 of 1970), which in its current wording excludes persons involved in pastoral and agricultural activities from the coverage of the Code, has still not been adopted. Noting that the Government undertakes to send a copy of the revised Labour Code once the above amendment has been adopted, the Committee looks forward to receiving the text with the Government’s next report.

2. The Committee notes that the Government has once again indicated that it will submit a copy of Act No. 15 of 1981 respecting the unified wage system in the public sector. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will indeed submit a copy of the Act with its next report and that it will also provide information on how the public sector wage system ensures the application of the principle of equal remuneration set out in Article 2 of the Convention. It also asks the Government to supply information on the numbers of men and women in public service, the positions they hold and corresponding wage levels and benefits.

3. With regard to the situation of foreign workers, the Committee notes the Government’s statement in its report that special regulations have been adopted, applicable to foreign men and women workers, with a view to applying the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value. The Committee therefore asks the Government to provide a copy of these regulations with its next report. It also asks the Government to supply information on the manner, in practice, in which the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value is applied to foreign workers in the private sector.