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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Niger (Ratification: 1966)

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending 30 June 1990 and the information that it contains in reply to its previous direct request.

1. The Committee notes Decree No. 60-55 MFP of 30 March 1960, as amended, containing regulations on the remuneration and the various material benefits accorded to officials in state administrations and public establishments. The Committee notes that under the Chapter relating to compensation, the reimbursement rates for journeys within the national territory (section 32) are of an amount that varies according to whether the official is a head of a family or a bachelor. The same applies to the flat-rate indemnities payable for training or further vocational training courses in Niger (section 43). The Committee requests the Government to indicate the basis on which women officials who are married but not heads of families are reimbursed.

2. The Committee points out that under the terms of section 90 of the Labour Code, reflected in section 38 of the inter-occupational collective agreement, equal remuneration without discrimination based on sex is payable only under "equal working conditions, vocational qualifications and output", whereas the Convention provides that such equality shall be based on work of equal value". (See in this respect paragraphs 20 to 23 and 52 to 70 of the Committee's General Survey on Equal Remuneration.) The Committee therefore requests the Government to indicate the manner in which it assures, or envisages assuring, the application of the principle of equal remuneration as set out in the Convention, particularly in cases where men and women are employed in work of a different nature but of equal value.