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

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

The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the observations made by the Central African Workers’ Union (USTC), the Central African Workers’ Confederation (CSTC), the National Union of Central African Employers (UNPC) and the Central African Interoccupational Grouping (GICA) were incorporated in its report at a tripartite meeting on 29 May 2012 dealing with the updating of reports.

The Committee notes the serious concerns expressed by the various bodies of the United Nations and the African Union Peace and Security Council regarding the human rights situation in the country and its specific effects on women, which the Committee considers may have a serious impact on the application of the principles of the Convention. In this regard, the Committee refers to its observation on the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111).

Article 1(b) of the Convention. Equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. Legislation. The Committee recalls that sections 10 and 222 of Act No. 09.004 issuing the Labour Code limit the right to equal wages to jobs involving “equal working conditions, skills and output”. In its previous comments, the Committee asked the Government to amend these provisions to give full effect to the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, thereby including not only jobs involving equal working conditions, skills and output but also work which involves different working conditions, skills and output but is nevertheless work of equal value overall. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that sections 10 and 222 will be amended by a decree implementing the Labour Code which is in the process of being adopted. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure that sections 10 and 222 of the Labour Code are amended so as to provide explicitly for equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, and to provide information on progress made regarding the procedure for the adoption of the abovementioned decree.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.