Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Lebanon (Ratification: 1977)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's statement in its report (of 1979) that the Convention is given force of law by its ratification and is applied in practice in all industrial and commercial undertakings. In this connection, the Government refers to Legislative Decree No. 29ET of 1943 which established minimum wage rates for industrial and commercial undertakings and provided that women workers engaged in employment identical to male workers shall be remunerated at the same minimum rates.

The Committee also notes that a uniform minimum wage rate for both men and women workers was fixed by Act No. 36/67 and revised by Decree No. 3005 of 1980, which according to its article 6 applies to all employers and wage earners covered by the Labour Code. It would ask the Government to indicate how the principle of equal remuneration is applied to wage earners not covered by the Labour Code and to all persons whose remuneration is above the national minimum.

In this connection, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would, in accordance with the report form for Convention No. 100, indicate the various methods in operation for determining rates of remuneration in the public and private sectors and the manner in which the application of the principle of equal remuneration is promoted and ensured.

More particularly, the Committee would ask the Government to furnish information on the salary scales applicable to public employees and on any additional emoluments directly or indirectly paid in cash or in kind to them, and to indicate whether particular measures are being taken to ensure compliance with the principle of equal remuneration in the public sector.

Similarly for the private sector, the Government is requested to communicate copies of collective agreements concluded in industries employing large numbers of women and indicate any measures taken to promote the principle of equal remuneration.

Article 3. The Committee would ask the Government to indicate whether methods have been adopted to promote an objective appraisal of jobs on the basis of the work to be performed, and to supply information on any such activities.

Article 4. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate any action taken to promote the principle of equal remuneration in co-operation with employers' and workers' organisations.