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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Central African Republic (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report.

1. The Committee notes the Government's statement that substantial progress has been made in the application of the principle of equality by the Government of the Central African Republic and that many positions of responsibility are currently occupied by women on the basis of uniform remuneration. However, it is bound to note that the Government's report does not contain a reply to its previous comments. Indeed it only contains general information, which does not enable the Committee to assess the extent to which the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, as set out in the Convention, is applied in practice. It hopes that the Government will make every effort to provide more detailed information in its next report.

2. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate the criteria used by the National Manpower Office for the objective evaluation of jobs based on their nature and requirements. It notes the collective agreement for construction, public works and industries, concluded on 2 March 1981. Although noting section 14, which states that, for equal work and output, the wages of women shall be the same as those of men, the Committee wishes to draw the Government's attention to the fact that the concept of equality of remuneration set out in the Convention is broader than that. It requests the Government to refer in this respect to paragraphs 19 to 21 of its 1986 General Survey on equal remuneration and to paragraphs 44 to 78 concerning concepts of equality. The Committee requests the Government to provide copies of collective agreements (those parts dealing with the determination of wage rates might be sufficient), and if possible those agreements applicable to activities in which a large number of women are occupied, and also to provide details on the role of labour administration officials in the free negotiation of wages with regard to the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value.

3. The Committee notes that the reports of the inspection services are not currently available. The Committee hopes that the Government will supply, as soon as it is available, information on the activities of the inspection services and particularly on any cases of violations of the principle of equal remuneration, and on any penal and administrative measures taken as a consequence.