Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

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

Collective agreements. Noting the Government’s repeated statement that extracts from collective agreements or enterprise agreements incorporating the principle of the Convention will be communicated in the very near future, the Committee requests the Government to send the aforementioned information.

Objective job evaluation. The Committee recalls that the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, as established by the Convention, implies measuring and comparing the relative value of different jobs, by analysing the tasks to be performed on the basis of objective factors, such as skill, effort, responsibilities and working conditions. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or contemplated to encourage the objective evaluation of jobs, particularly during analysis of job classifications in the context of the negotiation of collective agreements or enterprise agreements.

Cooperation with employers’ and workers’ organizations. Awareness-raising measures and monitoring of application. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that it is taking steps to raise the awareness of employers’ and workers’ organizations with regard to the need to promote the concept of “work of equal value” and that no cases of wage discrimination have been brought before the labour inspectorate or the courts. Recalling that the absence of any complaints for wage discrimination does not mean that such discrimination does not exist in practice, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken to raise the awareness of employers, workers and their organizations, magistrates, labour inspectors and other officials with regard to the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, as established by the Convention. Also referring to its observation, the Committee trusts that when the decree for the implementation of the Labour Code incorporating the principle of the Convention in the legislation is adopted, the Government will take the necessary steps to disseminate it among the relevant stakeholders. The Government is also requested to supply information on any cases of wage discrimination brought before the labour inspectorate and on any court decision issued in relation to equal pay for men and women.

Statistics. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that statistics on the remuneration of men and women in the public and private sectors will soon be available. The Committee encourages the Government to collect, compile and analyse these data and forward them as soon as they are available.