Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Greece (Ratification: 1975)

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous comments, and has also examined the collective agreements applicable to workers in the tobacco, textile and hotel industries (copies of which were supplied by the Government). The Committee notes with interest that by virtue of these collective agreements, workers are classified by occupational category and that the wage rates applicable to each category are equal for men and women workers without distinction on grounds of sex. The same is true for the various other emoluments that are additional to wages, such as marriage allowances, child allowances, holiday pay, etc. The Committee also notes Ministerial Decisions Nos. 11855/88 and 12756/89, communicated with the reports, publishing the section of the general collective agreements for 1988 and 1989 concerning minimum wages, and it requests the Government to supply the complete text of these agreements or of the most recent general collective agreement.

2. Under section 4, paragraph 3, of Act No. 1414 of 1984 on the application of the principle of equality of the sexes in employment relations, the classification of jobs for purposes of fixing the amount of remuneration must be based on the same criteria for men and women workers. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the classification of jobs into occupational categories was made on the basis of an objective appraisal of jobs on the basis of the work to be performed (and not on the personal characteristics of the workers), in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention and, if so, to supply details on the methods and criteria used for this appraisal. The Committee requests the Government to refer in this connection to paragraphs 138 to 150 of its 1986 General Survey on Equal Remuneration.

3. As regards the public administration, the Committee has examined Act No. 1505 of 1984 respecting the revision of the wage scale for staff in the public administration, and notes with interest that these wages are determined without distinction on grounds of sex according to the occupational categories concerned. The Committee requests the Government to indicate also the methods that were used to classify the staff concerned into occupational categories, and the criteria on which the equal value of the work was established for the purposes of applying the principal of equal remuneration, in accordance with the Convention and national legislation.

4. The Committee also notes from the Government's statements that, during the period covered by the reports, no complaints have been made to the General Secretariat for Equality concerning cases of non-application of the principle of equal remuneration, but that a number of cases of violation of the principle have been reported to the labour inspection services. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on this subject, and on other measures that are taken with the social partners in order to guarantee the effective application of this principle.