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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Benin (Ratification: 1968)

The Committee notes the Government's report and the communications by which the texts of certain collective agreements were transmitted.

1. With regard to the determination of wages which, by virtue of section 79 of the Labour Code, is based on the principle of the equality under equal working conditions, occupational skills and output (a principle which is contained in collective agreements), the Committee indicated in its previous comments that the above principle appeared to be more limited in scope than the Convention which, in Article 2, paragraph 1, provides for equal remuneration for work of equal value, which also means when the work that is performed is of a different nature but of equal value. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, account has always been taken of the equal value of work but that, when formulating the provisions of the new Labour Code, the principle will be set out in accordance with the terms of the Convention. The Committee hopes that these provisions will be drawn up in a manner that corresponds to the Convention and that the next report will indicate the progress achieved in the adoption of the new Labour Code.

2. The Committee notes the appeal procedures that are available under the law to men and women workers who believe they have been discriminated against in terms of their remuneration. The Commitee hopes that the Government will be in a position to supply with its next report copies of decisions handed down in this context and reports of the labour inspection services in which problems have been noted in the practical application of the principle.