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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Gabon (Ratification: 1961)

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:

1. The Committee noted previously that, according to the information supplied by the Government, a study was to be undertaken to enable the Government to verify the extent to which section 84 of the Labour Code and clause 45 of the Basic Clauses of Collective Agreements, dated 6 February 1982, which guarantee equal remuneration for work of equal value, are actually applied in practice. The Committee notes from the report that the Government continues to give attention to the above study but that a number of difficulties are delaying its completion. The Committee again expresses the hope that the Government will provide the results of the above study as soon as possible. Meanwhile, it requests the Government to provide information on the activities of the labour inspectorate regarding the Convention (visits carried out, infringements registered, sanctions applied), and on the decisions of the tribunals.

2. In its previous comments, the Committee asked the Government to indicate any measures taken or envisaged to set out clearly, in the context of the overall revision of the Labour Code or by other means, the principle that maternity leave does not interrupt seniority. The Government indicates that the Tripartite Committee responsible for the overall revision of the Labour Code is examining the question of whether this principle should be set forth in the Code, but that its adoption will not involve any changes in practice. The Committee therefore hopes that it will be possible for the Labour Code to be amended so as to remove any uncertainty in this respect and that the Government will continue to report on progress made.

3. The Committee takes note of the extracts of collective agreements enclosed with the report. It asks the Government to indicate the percentage of women covered by these collective agreements and the distribution of men and women at the various levels.