Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

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

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 notes the Government's indication that the draft new Labour Code has been submitted to the Government for submission to the National Assembly. The Government recalls that the ILO provided technical assistance at the drafting stage. The Committee hopes that the Government will take account of its comments on the application of this Convention and trusts that the new Labour Code will guarantee equal remuneration for work of equal value for men and women, in accordance with the principle of the Convention. It asks the Government to keep it informed of progress towards the adoption of the new Code.

2. The Committee notes that it has no recent statistical data enabling it to assess how the principle of equal remuneration laid down in the national legislation is applied in practice. It would be grateful if in its next report the Government would supply:

(i) the salary scales applying in the public sector, with an indication of the percentage of men and women employed at different levels;

(ii) statistical data concerning the minimum or basic wage rates and the average actual earnings of men and of women broken down, if possible, by occupation, sector of activity, seniority and qualification level, as well as information on the corresponding percentage of women.