Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Togo (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee notes that the Government's report does not supply full and detailed information on the matters raised in its previous direct request. It hopes that the next report will contain the information requested on the following points.

1. With reference to the Government's previous statement that vocational skills are the proper criterion for evaluating the work or services to be performed, the Committee once again requests the Government to supply information on the methods and criteria used in the job appraisal system to determine the value of the work or services to be performed and to indicate whether this system uses objective criteria that ensure real equality in remuneration when men and women perform work of a different nature but of equal value.

2. The Committee notes the Government's previous statement that, since there is no provision which prohibits the grant of a transfer allowance to women workers when the worker concerned is a married woman, women should be entitled to such allowance. Since collective agreements appear to limit the entitlement to a transfer allowance to male workers, by referring to "his wife", the Committee hopes that the Government will take the appropriate measures to remove any ambiguity regarding this matter. It once again requests the Government to supply information in its next report on the progress achieved in this respect.

3. The Committee notes that, according to the report, the established wage scales applicable in the public service do not take into account the sex of the workers. It requests the Government to provide a copy of these wage scales, which were referred to as being appended to the report, but which have not been received. It would also be grateful to be provided with statistics on the percentage of women in relation to men employed at the various levels in the public service and in public and private enterprises which employ a significant number of women workers.

4. The Committee notes that supervision of the application of the law is carried out by means of inspection visits in enterprises by the labour inspection services. It requests the Government to supply information on the results of these visits (violations reported and penalties imposed) with regard to the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value.