Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

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

The Committee notes 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:

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous comments.

1. It notes that no judicial or administrative decisions have been issued concerning the interpretation and application of article 22 of the Constitution which enshrines the principle of equal wages for equal work. The Committee again notes the Government's statement that the principle of equality has been accepted as a matter of custom and practice and that no distinction is made between men and women workers in matters of remuneration. The Committee requests the Government to supply any available information from the labour inspection services which would illustrate how Convention No. 100 is applied in practice, in particular as concerns its requirement that equal remuneration be paid for work of equal value and not only for equal work.

2. The Committee also notes the statement that rates of remuneration are determined through job evaluation and through collective agreements. The Government indicates that efforts are being made to supply a copy of these collective agreements and evaluations. The Committee requests the Government to supply this information with its next report and to provide information on the application of the principle of equality of remuneration for jobs which have not been evaluated and are not in an occupational sector covered by a collective agreement.

3. The Committee notes the indication in the report concerning the efforts being made to bring section 24(2)(f) of the Factories Act, under which the Minister is empowered to issue regulations establishing different rates of remuneration for men and women for overtime, into conformity with the Convention. It requests the Goverment to supply detailed information on the progress achieved in this respect.