Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Denmark (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee has taken note of the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous observation concerning the implementation of Act No. 408 of 23 June 1988, establishing the Danish International Ships' Register.

The Committee notes that, in a communication dated 15 April 1992, the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) observed that Act No. 929 of 27 December 1991 on Employment Opportunities for Unemployed Members of the Workforce, which introduced a provision limiting the maximum wage of persons employed in the public sector as part of the employment opportunity scheme, imposes differential treatment between workers performing work of equal value in the public and the private sectors respectively. According to this organization, this amounted to discrimination in the sense of Convention No. 111. In its reply, the Government states that any infringement of the Convention must be based on the criteria listed in Article 1, paragraph 1(a), of the Convention; none of these criteria has a bearing on the facts of this case and Denmark has not specified any additional criteria under Article 1, paragraph 1(b), of the Convention. The Committee notes that the distinctions established by Act No. 929 of 27 December 1991 do not appear to be based on the grounds covered by Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention and are therefore not covered by the Convention.